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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit that I only picked the book up because of the title, but the reviews I've read were decent so I had high expectations. The stories has the potential to be very good however I felt that the execution of the stories was poor. <br/><br/>I understand that these are just short stories, and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35590199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty disappointingly - unfortunately I think the writer was done a disservice by the tile, which I hate to say was part of my desire to read the book in the first place. A series of short stories which &quot;depict individuals at turning points in their lives&quot;, and nothing before or after. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8694213">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short stories which is always nice because I tend to get sucked into books and refuse to sleep or eat until I get through them.  With short stories I can make myself stop at the end of a story and not have to plow through a 300 page book.  I thought it'd be a good before bed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43568549">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A handful of good stories in this collection, but overall nothing to write home about.  Some of the stories are about odd and quirky characters and situations, but these stories didn't really grab and sustain my interest.  A few of the stories that are memorable are about small moments - the ex-junk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7044748">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't usually love short stories, but Faber's acute slices of life are visceral and flooded with emotion. You never quite get what's going on but you can almost choke on  the characters' dread or elation. He is a master at distilling and expressing what is unspeakable. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ever since I picked up <em>Under the Skin</em> a few years back, I've been enamored of Michel Faber's way with a yarn. He's one of a rare breed, an author equally at home working in a number of forms (short story, novella, novel): and no matter what kind of story he's spinning, Faber's tales are as consisten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24572979">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the subject matter and time period is drastically different from The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber's attention to tone and place translates beautifully into this collection of bizarre short stories. <br/><br/>From American Psycho-like examinations of domestic violence to eroticiz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19570064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not a five-star book because some of his endings really fall flat. There are a lot of quick one-line descriptions of what the protagonist sets off to do next (leaving home and never turning back or, conversely, setting off in safety back home), that I get flashbacks to HS creative writing class...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7056488">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Still waiting for his next full length novel after the Crimson Petal and the White, this collection of short stories is very satisfying. Very real and illuminating on the human condition. A story about a technical presentation on a coconut turns into some very steamy pornography. A snapshot from a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6357595">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book of short stories was favorably reviewed in the NYT Sunday Book Review, so I gave it a try.  Verdict:  Overrated.  At least you don't need to worry about confusing it with any other title if you decide to read it.  I found the stories to be, mostly, labored.  I think the author is trying to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12088531">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am really not into short stories these days, but I'm reviewing this so I had to read it. It's really weird how Faber's stories veer between sort of surreal and/or totally unpleasant, and charming little vignettes. There were a few stories that made me want to put the damn book down for good, and a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10924762">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Exactly what I like in a book of short stories. Creative but with a very natural voice - not trying to hard. Actually shocking in some stories (&quot;The Smallness of the Action&quot;) and impressive ability to evoke one emotion while discussing a completely different topic (&quot;Explaining Coconut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34131646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These short stories are like little one-act plays -- brief glimpses into small and sometimes not-so-small human moments.  I keep hoping that Faber will write something again like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Crimson Petal and the White" title="The Crimson Petal and the White">The Crimson Petal and the White</a>.  However, it is interesting to read a set of works by an author and each one is really d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3755023">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[enjoyable collection of short stories by michel faber. second collection read since his great novel the crimson petal and the white. he needs to write a novel again.<br/><br/>good interesting stories for the most part, somewhat forgettable but enjoyable reading. can't imagine many of these stories...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10616018">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had great hopes after The Crimson Petal and the White (which I loved) that were dashed by this somewhat icky short story collection. I have not given up on Faber; it's possible he's just an epic guy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The prose is fine, but is creating a fascinating premise and then abandoning it after 15 pages really a valid form of short story creation? Those stories irk me. But in general, go Faber!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are some messed-up stories in here -- not for the faint-of-heart.  I like his writing style, and it had me turning pages but goodness is this bleak...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read a few of the stories, but one felt so much like cheating that I couldn't go on. If you read my glorious blog, you might remember my rant about it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some stories are better than others, but as a whole, they really grew on me and the last one was particularly touching.]]></body>
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