What do you think?
Rate this book
Orange
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews
December 28, 2021
This has always been one of my very favorite short stories. Not just of Gaiman's, but in general. I stumbled upon a few very negative reviews and thought I may have been looking at it through rose colored hindsight glasses so decided to read it again. I still love it!
This is a uniquely relayed tale. We are given the witness answers regarding an... incident, but not the questions. We are left to figure those out, and for me, that's half the fun. This is certainly worthy of Gaiman's reputation as a uniquely odd story teller, so it's even better that the answers are coming from a child. Children are capable of lying, sure, but when they have nothing to gain by doing so, they are unflinchingly honest. The answers we are reading must be taken at face value since they are delivered in such a matter of fact way.
I can only imagine that Gaimain's daughter, or a young woman near to him, fell prey to the lure of self-tanning cream. I have cousins that loved it, and much like too much contour on a face, it just never looks right! Gaiman extends that wrongness to this little gem.
This is a uniquely relayed tale. We are given the witness answers regarding an... incident, but not the questions. We are left to figure those out, and for me, that's half the fun. This is certainly worthy of Gaiman's reputation as a uniquely odd story teller, so it's even better that the answers are coming from a child. Children are capable of lying, sure, but when they have nothing to gain by doing so, they are unflinchingly honest. The answers we are reading must be taken at face value since they are delivered in such a matter of fact way.
I can only imagine that Gaimain's daughter, or a young woman near to him, fell prey to the lure of self-tanning cream. I have cousins that loved it, and much like too much contour on a face, it just never looks right! Gaiman extends that wrongness to this little gem.
November 25, 2020
Orange was a story that had me conflicted about my rating. After much debate, I opted to round my rating down. It was an interesting way of telling a story, but I wanted a wee bit more from it. It was enjoyable for a quick read, though.
April 17, 2021
That she was glowing. A sort of pulsating orange.
Collected in Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances this story is told in the strange format of answers to a questionnaire that you don't get to see the questions to. While we do get the story of an accident causing the questionnaire taker's sister to glow Orange, it just feels like a lazy, numbered list. Also, clearly the sister failed to realize this.
Collected in Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances this story is told in the strange format of answers to a questionnaire that you don't get to see the questions to. While we do get the story of an accident causing the questionnaire taker's sister to glow Orange, it just feels like a lazy, numbered list. Also, clearly the sister failed to realize this.
August 28, 2024
This is a fascinating way to tell a story. It is a list of answers to a questionnaire, and the responses tell an interesting story of fantasy that happened to a family.
November 23, 2024
This is a great example of experimental short fiction, the importance of dialogue, and trusting readers to be able to read in between the lines (quite literally in this case). An absolutely absurd story and very interesting!
February 4, 2022
I'm confused that the rating for this short story isn't higher. I was laughing throughout.
May 10, 2022
Just Heard Mr. Gaiman read this at an event in Denver. A fabulous story, that should be heard, if possible, from the mouth of the author.
June 24, 2022
Probably the most unique Neil Gaiman short story I've read so far. Each stanza is presented in the form of an answer to a question.
January 22, 2025
Had to teach this story. Wasn’t my choice. Story was inane. Author is a piece of shit.
May 10, 2022
It was just... fine? Ig
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews