Author: Neil Gaiman
Title: Smoke and Mirrors
Publication: Paperback
Pages: 365 pages
Genre: Short Fiction
Acquisition: LT Recommendation
Date Completed: July 15, 2010
Rating: 2 stars out of 5
Smoke and Mirrors was not to my taste. I found a few gems in the book, for for the most part I found the collection to be a bit much to swallow. Many of the stories simply fell flat, and the, er, poetry, was simply painful. As a whole, the collection made me feel like I was back in Freshman Creative Writing (which, coincidentally, is where I first heard of Neil Gaiman, as so many of my classmates cooed over the brilliance of American Gods).
Gaiman is typically hit-or-miss for me, and this volume just happens to be a strong "miss."
And I have to say, I disagree with Miami New Times, which calls Gaiman "Literature's rock star ... Among the most daring of writers around ..." I can't help but think the author of the quote isn't very well read.
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