Review: An End to the Thrill by Varun Kumar

[Nitatsu7]

My Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
You can find this collection on Amazon

This collection of short stories made for a great bedtime read. I loved the concepts of surrealism and personification that echoed through my reading. The author does a wonderful job of not letting you know what you are witnessing until towards the end of the story. By this point they do a wonderful job closing up each story where the point or reveal answers what the final outcome or what element they personified.

The only issue was a few minor editing flaws, but other than that, it did not ruin my reading. This is the author's first publication and that happens on occasion even in some of the mainstream reads I have on my shelf.

My favorite story in this collection is the imagery created in 'Troubled Waters'. The personification that happens in the reading sucked me in and I love how it was revealed what this person actually was at the very end. I hope the author will make plans to put together more collections in the future. It would definitely be a buy if it happens to be a collection of their personification stories. They execute these so well and I absolutely enjoyed them more so than the surreal, dystopian stories.

Once more, all-in-all a good buy, fun read, and perfect for bedtime or when looking for something that can be read quickly that will leave you thinking about it for a while.

[rssllue]

A very good review! The stories do indeed sound quite interesting.

[varun90125]

Thank you Valerie. I'm glad you enjoyed it!