Snow, Glass, Apples is probably the short story of his that's stuck in my mind most. It's a while since I read one of his collections so I can't remember too well how hit and miss it was, but I do have a vague feeling that his style works better in short form. (Probably because, in a short story, you're expecting not to be so engaged with the characters.)
Huh. Maybe the trouble is that he is primarily a comic book writer? Which is an art form where, like TV, you watch the characters from the outside rather than fully getting into their heads. Because I think that's at the root of the problem I have with his books; there's some fairly interesting stuff going on, but I'm just witnessing it from a distance rather than being in there experiencing the highs and lows of the characters' emotions.
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Date: 2007-08-20 09:57 am (UTC)Huh. Maybe the trouble is that he is primarily a comic book writer? Which is an art form where, like TV, you watch the characters from the outside rather than fully getting into their heads. Because I think that's at the root of the problem I have with his books; there's some fairly interesting stuff going on, but I'm just witnessing it from a distance rather than being in there experiencing the highs and lows of the characters' emotions.