This was a fun special little collection of stories! I really enjoyed it, I thought stylistically it played with structure and what it means to follow the rules.

Definitely reminded me of [b:Life After Life|15790842|Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)|Kate Atkinson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1358173808l/15790842._SY75_.jpg|21443207], so if you read [a:Kate Atkinson|10015|Kate Atkinson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1363801830p2/10015.jpg]'s other work, look forward to this!

This was such an interesting read. I loved so many of the stories and I really wished some of the stories were longer. I loved finding the little connections between all the stories, but there were some that I really did not care for. I think the reason for this was that they were too confusing at times.

Although it hurts me to one star a Kate Atkinson, I really didn't get on with this at all. I love her writing and there were moments here and there where I would forget that I didn't know what was going on or that the story was weird or creepy. But this is just me, as I have never liked fantasy, dystopia or surrealism. If that's your groove, baby, you may have better luck with these than I did.

Huh. You never quite know what is going on, even at the end. But you *feel* like something is just a little off. Like thr uncanny valley. Or Hitchcock's movie angles. I really enjoyed reading this.

2-3/5