coral reviewed Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
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5 stars
There's something really appealing to me about American road stories. This has some of the feel of Gaiman's American Gods and of the early seasons of Supernatural, without being in any way derivative of either. Like those, I want to read this while I'm on one of my cross-continental roadtrips.
Or maybe I don't, since this is a bit scarier and feels a bit more real than either of those. You'll note I didn't ever read this one at bedtime, even in the safety of my own house.
Maybe it's also worth saying that I don't normally like books of short stories and put off reading this for a couple of years, because I was worried I might not like it. However, given that the stories in this book are all about one person, and they are written by an author I like very much, who in turn likes …
There's something really appealing to me about American road stories. This has some of the feel of Gaiman's American Gods and of the early seasons of Supernatural, without being in any way derivative of either. Like those, I want to read this while I'm on one of my cross-continental roadtrips.
Or maybe I don't, since this is a bit scarier and feels a bit more real than either of those. You'll note I didn't ever read this one at bedtime, even in the safety of my own house.
Maybe it's also worth saying that I don't normally like books of short stories and put off reading this for a couple of years, because I was worried I might not like it. However, given that the stories in this book are all about one person, and they are written by an author I like very much, who in turn likes the person she's writing about very much... well. It turns out that I liked it just fine. I'm excited to read the sequel!