http://dfan.org/blog/2010/01/24/jeff-vandermeer-shriek-an-afterword/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dfan.org/blog/2010/01/24/jeff-vandermeer-shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-8308 dfan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:55:20 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1539#comment-8308 I did read <em>Finch</em> shortly afterwards, while I was on a roll. Review coming soon. I did read Finch shortly afterwards, while I was on a roll. Review coming soon.

]]> http://dfan.org/blog/2010/01/24/jeff-vandermeer-shriek-an-afterword/comment-page-1/#comment-8307 Caleb Wilson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:47:53 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1539#comment-8307 I had exactly the same reaction as you: I started Shriek and couldn't get into it because it wasn't much like City of Saints and Madmen, but when I tried again a few years later I enjoyed it just fine. I don't know if you've dipped into Finch yet. It's a complete stylistic departure again, with no metafictional tricks at all, but I liked it a lot. I had exactly the same reaction as you: I started Shriek and couldn’t get into it because it wasn’t much like City of Saints and Madmen, but when I tried again a few years later I enjoyed it just fine. I don’t know if you’ve dipped into Finch yet. It’s a complete stylistic departure again, with no metafictional tricks at all, but I liked it a lot.

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