I feel that when the MC threw the letter into the fire and ‘waiting for the scar to appear’ meant that she had given up who she was as a person, it was her, falling and resolving to stay fallen. I finally understand what John Green said about books belonging to the readers not authors. Now to some degree I feel that meaning we find within writing isn’t necessarily what the author intended to created, no matter if they meant to place it within the sentences of a story or not, we find it there. Okay, so, occasionally, ideas from this story have come back to me. To see my thoughts on each separate story look below: BEWARE SPOILERS.Īs well, a post about Murder Mysteries will be up soon.

Some of the reviews or notes about each separate story will contain spoilers so just beware. For the most part, tried to read them even if they didn’t really appeal to me. This book did contain some stories that me–a nineteen year old girl–didn’t really enjoy reading all that much, I think I skipped only one though. I always love his writing style, as you may or may not know, he’s got one of the best voices of the 21st century. I think that this book was a great collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman. It will dazzle your senses, touch your heart, and haunt your dreams. Explore a new reality, obscured by smoke and darkness yet brilliantly tangible, in this extraordinary collection of short works by a master prestidigitator. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman’s imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders-where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under “Pest Control,” and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll living beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks.

In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion.

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman