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What Tim Knows, and other stories by Wendy Janes

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book. I knew it was a short story collection featuring characters from Wendy Janes' novel What Jennifer Knows, so that made me wonder whether it would have been better to read the novel first. I decided to read this book first anyway, and am very glad I did. It is wonderful as a stand-alone collection of stories. It's also a great introduction to Wendy Janes' writing. The first chapter of her novel is also included at the end. I enjoyed all the stories and the sample chapter from the novel.

Wendy Janes is a talented writer. I found myself really drawn into the stories. The characters are all so realistic and this author has a way of taking you inside their minds and making you understand them and empathise with their feelings. The stand-out stories for me were "Hopes and Dreams" and "The Never-Ending Day", but I loved all the stories for different reasons and liked the way that there were links here and there between the stories, with some characters appearing in more than one of the tales. This is a really special book, very cleverly put together, and I'm happy to have found a new favourite author.



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