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Oct 04, 2010
Mad
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New, from the Northwest of the UK, This book has 30 snappy little short stories. Some are quite clever. I know that they are only short stories and many of us steer clear, unwilling to invest time into something so disposable but maybe that is what modern society is all about. (Some )of these are short little gems that flow just right for me. Don't expect happy endings, though! One to watch for the future. The best story was "Lightning strikes twice".
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Apr 24, 2011
Nicolle
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I won this book on Goodreads first reads and I really enjoyed it. It is full of many short stories with twists and turns which are suprising and very ironic, but not always in the way you think it may be.
'Dead Eye' was the first of the stories and turned out to be one of my favoruites! The story is very detailed for a story only lasting for 5 pages, Morris's ideas are all alike yet different in thier own way and I never could have guessed the ending myself. I found that I could relat More...
'Dead Eye' was the first of the stories and turned out to be one of my favoruites! The story is very detailed for a story only lasting for 5 pages, Morris's ideas are all alike yet different in thier own way and I never could have guessed the ending myself. I found that I could relat More...
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May 22, 2010
Karen
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This book is a collection of 30 short stories. They are very fast reads, only 3-5 pages each. In that short time you entire the life of an ordinary person as he or she deals with rather unusual circumstances or ponders life choices. I enjoyed it a great deal. Each story did seem to end with a twist of an unlikely ending, but the title of the collection points to that. Just don't read this expecting happy endings.
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Apr 18, 2011
Suz
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I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads and was delighted to get it with a bookmark and 2 bookmark cards. This was a great collection of unique short stories! Even though the stories were very short, they had fully developed characters and ideas. I liked the variety of topics and the realistic combination of happy and unhappy endings. Some of the endings surprised me and just when I started to get bummed that things weren't working out for the characters, the author would t
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Dec 21, 2011
Bart
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Two weeks ago I entered the Goodreads giveaway for In All Probability. Of the 1165 people requesting the book, I was the lucky winner.
The book contains about 30 short stories of 3 to 5 pages each. The length of the stories makes them a great read for a quick five minute break. Unfortunately this is also their greatest weakness since it’s hard to create an atmosphere or detailed character in so few pages. Most stories have an unexpected twist at the end, but sadly this makes most of t More...
The book contains about 30 short stories of 3 to 5 pages each. The length of the stories makes them a great read for a quick five minute break. Unfortunately this is also their greatest weakness since it’s hard to create an atmosphere or detailed character in so few pages. Most stories have an unexpected twist at the end, but sadly this makes most of t More...
Jun 02, 2010
Marc
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I need to pretext this by saying that I love good short stories. The problem is that many authors cannot pull it off properly. The characters usually seem too thin (sometimes non-existent) or the stories omit any descriptions to make room for dialogue or narrative. In All Probability is interesting because I felt myself feeling empathy for most of the characters while enjoying a well written prose. Morris does well at spinning intriguing tales where the characters seem, well, human.
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Mar 02, 2010
Robert
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This is a collection of various short stories about very different characters, with very different lives. A very good read as each story is usually only a short three pages or so. A lot of these stories left me wanting for more! A couple left me simply confused, such as "Three Strikes and you're out." It was about a woman who is denied entry into a dating service after she had supposedly used up her "Three times of true love." She's sadly turned away, and the story ends. Othe
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Aug 04, 2010
Magda
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The book contains 30 short stories. Every story is different, you won't find two similar ones. They are interesting and during the read you have no idea how they will end. Stories concern every part of everyday life. They are about ordinary people which we can identify with. In the stories we see that nothing is sure in life and we have to grab the opportunities while we can because only moments later they are gone and we are stuck with regrets or consequences of the wrong choice . The author sh
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Jun 16, 2010
Mandy
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Steve Morris has done a wonderful job of putting together 30 short stories, roughly three to five pages in length, in his collection of short stories, In All Probability. The stories are about ordinary people, real people, you and me, and the choices they make which can have life-changing consequences. The endings aren’t what you would call unhappy, rather they are what most probably would happen, and of course life isn’t all happy endings so let’s say the endings are ‘real’.
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Jun 23, 2010
Nicole
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In All Probability is a collection of 30 short stories, all with unusual endings. In fact, you could probably say the endings would not happen "in all probability". As I read one short story after another, I was reminded of the Twilight Zone... many of these stories would find a happy home on that show. They were all strange and quirky and I couldn't wait to get to the end to find out what unusual thing would happen next. Overall, the stories were very entertaining (true, there wer
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Mar 22, 2010
Justin
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In all probability is brilliant. It contains thirty short stories that you, young or old, will find exquisitley delightful. The stories vary in contents but Mr. Morris writes about things and emotions that we have all seen and felt. You will no doubt find yourself in one of his characters because he writes about ordinary people, not heroes as most authors base their protagonists on. All of them are exposed to an interesting ending whether its fate, destiny, or just irony. The stories contain eve
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Nov 11, 2011
Caroline
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I won this book on Goodreads First reads and the delivery was really quick. I hesitated a lot for my rating between 2 and 3 stars. Most of the short stories are just OK for me. They are well written, but haven't caught my attention so much and most of the endings are not really interesting. However, some of them are really good. I really liked "The best days of our lives", It's an ill wind" and five other short stories. It's not the majority, but I think that there are pearl in th
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Mar 30, 2011
Maura
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This collection of short stories has a decidedly "Twilight Zone" flavor to it. They all have some sort of twist of fate in them. The stories are truly short stories; the longest one runs to about 7 pages. It's a great book to read when you don't have time to get involved in a plot. There are a couple of stories that just don't work, but most are fairly good even if some are a little predictable. Several toward the end of the book seem amateurish, as though they were thrown in to f
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Apr 25, 2011
Elly
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It is a book to read in small pieces, each story on its own. All the stories end with a twist, and most of the times I then close the book and think a bit about it. It does not then suggest reading another story. But that only means that it is a perfect book to fill those short times you have nothing to do between other activities, too short to start reading a longer book.
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Apr 07, 2010
Louise-Lesley (Elle)
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Short stories are one of my favourite things to read. I love to be able to read a snippet of a story yet it be so brilliantly written that it feels like I've read much more.
I read this collection over lunches while in work and really enjoyed them. I enjoyed some of them more than others but obviously with something like this, there are gonna be some favourites and some which are good but not to your liking.
I thoroughly enjoyed them though and will re-read in the future de
I read this collection over lunches while in work and really enjoyed them. I enjoyed some of them more than others but obviously with something like this, there are gonna be some favourites and some which are good but not to your liking.
I thoroughly enjoyed them though and will re-read in the future de
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Jan 16, 2011
Michelle
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A fabulous collection of short stories that are all very different from one another.
My favorites:
If I could bottle it
All around us
Life's too short
Three Strikes and you're out
The best days of our lives
The Brand New Colour
Quiet Life
If only
It's an ill wind
Let the good times roll: Probably my favorite in the collection. A look at what would happen if everyone in the wor
My favorites:
If I could bottle it
All around us
Life's too short
Three Strikes and you're out
The best days of our lives
The Brand New Colour
Quiet Life
If only
It's an ill wind
Let the good times roll: Probably my favorite in the collection. A look at what would happen if everyone in the wor
Dec 17, 2011
Katey
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Firstly, to be fair, I only got through about 5 of the stories, but none of those 5 succeeded at pulling at my interest at all to continue with the book. The "punchlines" to the stories were not clever enough for me, though whether this has to do with the remarkably short format of these stories or my expectations (I had been looking forward to reading this collection for some time, due in part to the numerous glowing reviews) I can't say.
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Apr 17, 2011
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Mar 06, 2011
Mechele
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I loved this colloection as much as I love the ones in "Jumble Tales'.
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Dec 30, 2011
A collection of short stories based around the theme of probability, chance and unlikely coincidence.
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