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Magic for Beginners is a fun, quirky and clever collection of short stories from Kelly Link. These stories are the perfect light entry into spooky Halloween since they have a touch of the supernatural. We have a story about zombies that is not a "zombie story" but rather a story about a guy's zombie contingency plan. A story about ghosts that is not a "ghost story" but is a story about living people who are married to ghosts. And so on.
I also loved that the first story was locally set and made ...more
I also loved that the first story was locally set and made ...more
While beautifully written, this wasn't really my cup of tea. I don't mind quirky but this was to the point of being flat-out strange. It does make me want to check out her other writings!
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I need to chew this one over a bit. But I can say that this book is like reading about someone's dreams - fascinating and odd and disturbing. I doubt I will forget these stories and I can guarantee that I will be reading them again and again.
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The cover intrigued me. Unfortunately I thought that was the best part of the whole book.
