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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts by Ted Hughes

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alicech's review against another edition

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5.0

The title story was phenomenal.

juliekaavanagh's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

titlesandtea's review against another edition

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4.0

hadn't been familiar with any s.p. short stories before. particularly liked johnny panic, daughters of blossom street, the fifty-ninth bear, stone boy with dolphin, and tongues of stone. always a pleasure to read

libraryghosts's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

olamisamigos's review against another edition

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3.0

I forgot how much I disliked short stories complied in one book. I feel like I wanted more from some of the short stories, just because some of them were really varied in quality and skipped through so many different concepts that my mind took sm effort to "reset" in a sense.

I loved her notebook and diary entries though and there were some really interesting things that appeared throughout those, but again I was just not fully used to the skips and shifts after every entry.

Not particularly my favorite style of writing or type of book, but it was semi-enjoyable and manageable.