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3.75 I previously read “Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit”, so I was excited to get my hands on a Winterson ghost story collection. But it’s always hard to give one singular rating to a collection. While there were some stories I loved, parts that dissected grief and loss and dying in an interesting way, unfortunately some other stories didn’t particularly touch me. The book is divided into different sections based on type of haunting. One of these is titled “Devices”, and as you can imagine deals with the question of haunting in a digital age. I was looking forward to this at first, but they felt a little flat to me. Doesn’t help that “Devices” is the first part of this book… All in all, I like Winterson’s characterisation and prose, but this felt a little simple (?) compared to the other novel of hers I read. But despite the simplicity it was a fun read! If you read anything from here, please let it be the two interconnected short stories “No Ghost Ghost Story” and “The Undiscovered Country”! I teared up reading these.
Jun 26, 2025
3.75 I previously read “Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit”, so I was excited to get my hands on a Winterson ghost story collection. But it’s always hard to give one singular rating to a collection. While there were some stories I loved, parts that dissected grief and loss and dying in an interesting way, unfortunately some other stories didn’t particularly touch me. The book is divided into different sections based on type of haunting. One of these is titled “Devices”, and as you can imagine deals with the question of haunting in a digital age. I was looking forward to this at first, but they felt a little flat to me. Doesn’t help that “Devices” is the first part of this book… All in all, I like Winterson’s characterisation and prose, but this felt a little simple (?) compared to the other novel of hers I read. But despite the simplicity it was a fun read! If you read anything from here, please let it be the two interconnected short stories “No Ghost Ghost Story” and “The Undiscovered Country”! I teared up reading these.
Jun 26, 2025
