false 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:39:01 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:24:52 -0800 2009 Carrying the Body, but there's still some great stuff in here. Some of it is too divorced from any idea of narrative that, when combined with Raffel's generally brilliant & minimal style, it just becomes a mess of words. But at other times this mess of words is beautiful. There were a couple stories that slayed, but surprisingly, based on the two books, I prefer Raffel in long(er) form, more time to develop the intensity, to engage the reader.]]>