Showing posts with label Jonathan Kessel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jonathan Kessel. Show all posts
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Every Angel is Terrifying, by Jonathan Kessel
I'm never quite sure how to react to stories that are mostly horror. Every Angel is Terrifying is probably a good one, part of Jonathan Kessel's Baum Plan for Financial Independence collection. The macguffin in it is a wish-granting cat, though it would be wrong to say it is the focus. The focus is a cold-blooded killer who seems to be trying to go straight. Way hard to do, really. And he doesn't understand the cat. Well, it's interesting to read, so I will give it 3 stars.
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