Uneven, some of the stories are excellent though. ( )

Uneven, some of the stories are excellent though. ( )

The book consists of a series of short stories (Karate Chop) published dilatorily back to back with a novella (Minna Needs Rehearsal Space). Of the two I much preferred the novella which is written in an experimental style which on reflection I'm surprise not to have seen done before. The sentences are all very short, mostly less than a single line, and the effect is somewhat like a Dick and Jane book ("Minna is on Facebook / Minna isn't a day over forty / Minas a composer / ...") but in a grown-up book it provides an unsettling effect. ( )