Pretty Monsters

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Kelly Link: Pretty Monsters (EBook, 2009, Canongate Books)

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English language

Published June 20, 2009 by Canongate Books.

ISBN:
978-1-84767-820-1
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4 stars (9 reviews)

Blending fairytale, fantasy, horror, myth and mischief in a delicious cocktail, Kelly Link creates a world like no other, where ghosts of girlfriends past rub up against Scrabble-loving grandmothers with terrifying magic handbags, wizards sit alongside morbid babysitters, and we encounter a people-eating monster who claims to have a sense of humour. With more than a pinch of macabre humour, this is writing to come back from the dead for.

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Reading this book is like eating very hot, very bitter, very dark chocolate. I could only manage small bites with long breaks in between, but loved them. Kelly Link's fantasy stories are fresh, contemporary and original. The only fault I can find is that they are sometimes too clever. It's like watching a magic show in which the magician is winking at you and exposing how he does his tricks, and then you realise that you've been tricked again.

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