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Freeze Frames

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This book is like no other book I have ever read. Its basically an account of all the strange things that happen to a family through out the successive generations. The book could be seen as a collection of successive inter-linked short stories. But the thing that makes this book so enjoyable is it's originality, it seems like in the world of Katherine Kerr anything goes! You are never sure where the story is going to go! Let me warn you this book is really bizarre. It features all sorts of characters from futuristic asylum seekers to the devil, and even has cameos from giant dragonflies! Ok, It's weird, It's crazy, It's such an amazing book I recommend it to all!

OK, I'm biased. One of the four stories that make up this book was previously published independently as "Resurrection" -- and I already owned that title when I bought "Freeze Frames".

I really feel this book would work better if it were openly billed as a group of short stories, rather than trying (ineffectively) to integrate them into a whole. I think part of the reason I disliked it so much is because it tried -- and failed -- to connect stories that should have been allowed to stand independently.

I owned "Resurection", which makes up one of the four stories here, when this book came out. The back page synposis was really misleading. I would have enjoyed it more had I never read it.

This works best simply as four independend short stories. Any "connection" implied in the synopsis is truly misleading, and you'll be disappointed if yo look for it.

I don't believe this- I picked up this book from my local library, tucked away at the back of the fantasy/sci fi section... it's one of the best books I've ever read. It doesn't even exist on the English Amazon, and it's out of print on here- please, people, recognise a good book when you see it. It holds your attention to the last page... the only criticism I have is the ending- it somehow isn't quite finished off. However, the originality of the rest of the book makes up for this by far. I'd reccomend this especially to any fantasy lover who wants a break from dragons and the Middle Ages.