The Substation Fairytales: Stories in the End by The Substation
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
local writers seem to have that same ‘thoughtful’ mind conversational voice in their writings. there are three short stories. local writers love short stories. not fairy tales at all, but dark and disturbing. never giving a real answer of what happened at the end of the stories. two of the stories have homosexual themes, and i personally do not condone it. a personal, religious and moral principle. no prejudice. i almost like the third story but again, when it moves towards male-male love, despite one is a prince and the other a spirit, it kind of lost the fantasy and magic, but the story is unique i think. i dont get the first story at all, i dont understand what is the character trying to portray. i appreciate the second story because it’s more homely feel and its about family, except the question of a muslim name for the mother but being cremated? so it was not supposed to be a muslim mother? or did i even understand the story correctly? but these questions are what make the stories. trying to understand them but having no definite answers, you were disturbed by it but learn to let go.
i would like to learn and gain something from reading, but this is just plain reading and i gained nothing. it’s an expression of an idea, a fantasy of a storyline hovering in one’s mind just need to be written down. i appreciated the writings though.
finished the book in a few hours. not something i am proud of having read. i do not understand why local writers need to be so dark and disturbing, and having homosexual themes. my first local book after so many years, and it was not what i expected. i was intrigued by the notion that it is something fantasy, my idea of fantasy though, and it was not. it was not the book’s fault. but if the next local book i read have the same theme, i am going to keep my hands off any local writers and go for a hiatus like before.
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