Red Spikes (Hardcover)

by Margo Lanagan (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Starred Review, Booklist, October 1, 2007:
"While the stories always startle, they also often murmur about humanity's higher inclinations, including honor, compassion, and different kinds of love."

Starred Review, The Horn Book, November/December 2007:
"Lanagan's ten stories delve into the crevices of nightmare, tempation, and helplessness with a mixture of earthy dialect and inventiveness that makes this collection mesmerizing, sometimes horrifying, and occasionally funny."


From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Review
Starred Review, Booklist, October 1, 2007:
"While the stories always startle, they also often murmur about humanity's higher inclinations, including honor, compassion, and different kinds of love."

Starred Review, The Horn Book, November/December 2007:
"Lanagan's ten stories delve into the crevices of nightmare, tempation, and helplessness with a mixture of earthy dialect and inventiveness that makes this collection mesmerizing, sometimes horrifying, and occasionally funny."

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (October 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375843205
• ISBN-13: 978-0375843204
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #506,113 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark enchantments, January 19, 2008

By	R. Heimerdinger (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The tales in this book are a good bit darker than what I usually read, but that doesn't take away the enjoyment to be found in them.
The author's style reminded me of some of the darker bits of Tannith Lee's and Neil Gaiman's work. Many of the stories have a resonance to them that makes one think of fairy tales, particularly the darker, more original versions.
As with any collection, some stories are better than others. I wouldn't go so far as to say that any of them is bad or poorly written, just that the subject matter could be off-putting depending on who is going to read the book.
I checked my copy out at the library; I'll definitely be getting my own soon.

1 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Australian SF Reader, October 17, 2007

By	Blue Tyson "- http://freesf.blogspot.com" - See all my reviews

According to the sticker on the front, Red Spikes is winner of some Children's Book award or other. While this is fine for that, for a book that is supposed to be supernatural fantasy/horror you are going to automatically get s3x, violence, style and other artificial limitations on the content. For me, never going to be as good from that point of view. Contrast to 'A Fine Magic', perhaps.

So, I think a lot of people would be disappointed from that point of view.


Bearly born yet, Queenie.

3.5 out of 5


Shafted to b*ggery. Rootys are nice too.

3.5 out of 5


Girl ruin.

3 out of 5


Like a wee infant? No problem, got piles of dead ones over here. Help yourself.

3.5 out of 5


Birdbrain deficiencies.

3 out of 5


Bullyboy cakewalk comedown.

4 out of 5


Purgatory point scoring.

3.5 out of 5


Rodney kill easy.

2.5 out of 5


Dolls, gods, boys, it just makes me cry.

2.5 out of 5


Zithering.

3 out of 5