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The Pier Falls: And Other Stories
by Mark Haddon
Overall a very captivating collection! Mark Haddon is an incredible writer. Each story totally sucked me in and didn't let me go until the last sentence. The themes varied but I felt an underlying horror vibe in each.
**SPOILERS**
Wow. I was NOT expecting that. Before you read the first story, prepare yourself for an intense reading experience. Perhaps pour yourself some wine and snuggle up to a loved one. Seriously. The first short story hit me really hard...
The Pier Falls
5/5
WOW! This story was so horrifying it actually made me feel a bit sick. It was so intense and sad! I’m sure this story is going to stick with me for a long time!
The Island
3/5
This story started strong with a terrifying theme of abandonment. I enjoyed the flashbacks to learn about how she ended up on the island. The ending though threw me for a loop.
Bunny
4/5
This story made me uncomfortable. The suffering and description of what was happening to Bunny as he ate himself to death was hard to read. However, when I finished it, I realized how much of a love story it was rather than a story about suffering.
Wodow
4/5
Phew! This story is about a dysfunctional family that gets together for Christmas when a strange man appears out in the snow. What happens next shakes the family and sends them each on a course for the roughest year of their lives.
The Gun
3/4
Another creepy one! A story about two kids that take an older brothers gun and mess around in the woods.
The Woodpecker and the Wolf
5/5
This one seems like it could be a full book, and I would love to read it!
“The desire to be somewhere else, which is never satisfied by being somewhere else, however far you go, though you have to go a very long way indeed to figure that one out.”
Breathe
2/5
Not sure I understood this one... the story seemed to drag and then the ending confused me.
The Boys Who Left Home To Learn Fear
4/5
This story seemed a bit slower than the rest, but still a great read! It was about a group that went on an expedition through the jungle to find another group that had gone missing. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
The Weir
4/5
A great short story to end this series!
**SPOILERS**
Wow. I was NOT expecting that. Before you read the first story, prepare yourself for an intense reading experience. Perhaps pour yourself some wine and snuggle up to a loved one. Seriously. The first short story hit me really hard...
The Pier Falls
5/5
WOW! This story was so horrifying it actually made me feel a bit sick. It was so intense and sad! I’m sure this story is going to stick with me for a long time!
The Island
3/5
This story started strong with a terrifying theme of abandonment. I enjoyed the flashbacks to learn about how she ended up on the island. The ending though threw me for a loop.
Bunny
4/5
This story made me uncomfortable. The suffering and description of what was happening to Bunny as he ate himself to death was hard to read. However, when I finished it, I realized how much of a love story it was rather than a story about suffering.
Wodow
4/5
Phew! This story is about a dysfunctional family that gets together for Christmas when a strange man appears out in the snow. What happens next shakes the family and sends them each on a course for the roughest year of their lives.
The Gun
3/4
Another creepy one! A story about two kids that take an older brothers gun and mess around in the woods.
The Woodpecker and the Wolf
5/5
This one seems like it could be a full book, and I would love to read it!
“The desire to be somewhere else, which is never satisfied by being somewhere else, however far you go, though you have to go a very long way indeed to figure that one out.”
Breathe
2/5
Not sure I understood this one... the story seemed to drag and then the ending confused me.
The Boys Who Left Home To Learn Fear
4/5
This story seemed a bit slower than the rest, but still a great read! It was about a group that went on an expedition through the jungle to find another group that had gone missing. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
The Weir
4/5
A great short story to end this series!