pacavegano reviewed Permeable Borders by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
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5 stars
I'm not much of a short story reader. Novels are generally much more appealing to me. So, though I have read and loved nearly all of Hoffman's novels, this collection has been sitting on my bookshelf unread for a number of years. I am so glad that I finally took it down and read it.
Everything that I adore about Hoffman's novels is here: the interesting, lovable, imperfect characters (including several who I first met in those novels); the quiet story-telling that I can trust not to harm me (though it may, occasionally, hurt a bit); the marvelously unique and varied magical world; the palpable love of humanity and of the natural world that permeates the writing. I don't know that there was a story in the collection that didn't leave me smiling and/or misty-eyed.
No, I'm not someone who's usually fond of reading short stories, but I loved reading …
I'm not much of a short story reader. Novels are generally much more appealing to me. So, though I have read and loved nearly all of Hoffman's novels, this collection has been sitting on my bookshelf unread for a number of years. I am so glad that I finally took it down and read it.
Everything that I adore about Hoffman's novels is here: the interesting, lovable, imperfect characters (including several who I first met in those novels); the quiet story-telling that I can trust not to harm me (though it may, occasionally, hurt a bit); the marvelously unique and varied magical world; the palpable love of humanity and of the natural world that permeates the writing. I don't know that there was a story in the collection that didn't leave me smiling and/or misty-eyed.
No, I'm not someone who's usually fond of reading short stories, but I loved reading these.