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Escape: Dark Mystery Tales
From the quiet English countryside to the gritty streets of Boston's Chinatown, there is a silent commonality among these eerie tales - Polisar's fascination with the darkness of the human psyche. Whether it's murder in a jazz club or deadly assassins, Polisar's intricate storytelling and startling characters will take you on an unforgettable journey from fear and terror to escape.
174 pages, Paperback
First published November 7, 2010
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May 18, 2011
Short stories are becoming my new favorite read of choice! After reading a particularly long set of books, it's nice to dive into a collection of short stories. They are like tiny hors devours, sating my appetite until I'm ready to take on another long book. My favorite type of short stories? Horror or mystery. So when I was approached by Lisa Polisar to review her newest collection, of course I agreed!
Let me say that I loved this collection of short stories! They are fast paced, full of great wit and dialogue, and each one is so different. Polisar is able to pack a huge punch into each and every story. By far, I have to say that I fell in love with her ability to create such fantastic characters in such a short word count. My favorite would have to be Francine from "Dixie's Glass". She was sassy, smart, and a bit lost. Loved her! All the characters in this collection are amazing though.
The only thing that lost me a little bit was the endings to a few of the stories. It may have been the fact that I just completely missed whatever the message was! I don't deny that it sometimes happens. However the stories I got the most out of were the ones that the endings really caught my attention and blew me away. Honestly, the best part about a collection of short stories is that even if one story throws you off, you have the ability to completely fall in love with the next one.
Are you a mystery fan? Do you enjoy short stories? Then this collection is definitely for you! I highly recommend it, and hope that you become a fan of Lisa's work as well!
Let me say that I loved this collection of short stories! They are fast paced, full of great wit and dialogue, and each one is so different. Polisar is able to pack a huge punch into each and every story. By far, I have to say that I fell in love with her ability to create such fantastic characters in such a short word count. My favorite would have to be Francine from "Dixie's Glass". She was sassy, smart, and a bit lost. Loved her! All the characters in this collection are amazing though.
The only thing that lost me a little bit was the endings to a few of the stories. It may have been the fact that I just completely missed whatever the message was! I don't deny that it sometimes happens. However the stories I got the most out of were the ones that the endings really caught my attention and blew me away. Honestly, the best part about a collection of short stories is that even if one story throws you off, you have the ability to completely fall in love with the next one.
Are you a mystery fan? Do you enjoy short stories? Then this collection is definitely for you! I highly recommend it, and hope that you become a fan of Lisa's work as well!
June 25, 2011
First off, let me just get this out of the way, I rated this book 3 Stars because this was my very FIRST mystery novel. I like to take a break sometimes from my young adult (ya) shelf, and this time I went for mystery. =) ... So, I'm baseing my rating on that I REALLY am not a mystery girl...I'll stick to YA fiction.
This book is compiled with eight (8) short stories. This is great when you want to take a break from your usual reads. But there were at least 3 stories I was so upset at the ending because I wanted MORE!! Don't you just hate that when it comes to short stories!? Those stories had great potential to become full on novel material =D
Ms Polisar has a great way of giving a vivid and indepth look on her characters. She had me well interested in getting to know more about them. And each ending were so different from each other and punchy, it's what had me turning pages to find out what was going to happen next and what's the next story going to be. I'm blown away on Ms Polisar's gift of weaving compelling mystery in such short stories and of few words. If you'd like to take a break from those longs reads, and want to get into some mystery - Escape is trully a worthy 'escape' from the norm.
Thank you so much Lisa for giving me the oppotunity to venture into the mystery realm!! ^_^
This book is compiled with eight (8) short stories. This is great when you want to take a break from your usual reads. But there were at least 3 stories I was so upset at the ending because I wanted MORE!! Don't you just hate that when it comes to short stories!? Those stories had great potential to become full on novel material =D
Ms Polisar has a great way of giving a vivid and indepth look on her characters. She had me well interested in getting to know more about them. And each ending were so different from each other and punchy, it's what had me turning pages to find out what was going to happen next and what's the next story going to be. I'm blown away on Ms Polisar's gift of weaving compelling mystery in such short stories and of few words. If you'd like to take a break from those longs reads, and want to get into some mystery - Escape is trully a worthy 'escape' from the norm.
Thank you so much Lisa for giving me the oppotunity to venture into the mystery realm!! ^_^
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