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of the stories were pretty good, nice quick reads, I really enjoyed this collection, Disappointing short story horror collection Twisted Endings, supposedlydisturbing tales however, as I can only connect with one “disturbing” tale I feel this short kindle read is only worthy of one star! The opening The Teacup Lady is original, sharp and most important contains an unexpected and very neat little conclusion.
As for the remainingtales the final story The Rock Toss is worthy of mention, This appeared to be, on the surface, an unusual little story but unfortunately it was very easy to understand the direction the author was proceeding and therefore the conclusion was sadly predictable.

 
It must be said that I am not the greatest fan of short stories as within any such groupings there are very few that can sustain my interest throughout and I usually find that only one or two have any real reader or literary value.
Having said that inI read with delight a very intelligent and colourful collection called “Entwined Tales from the City by A J Armitt which were brilliant and highly original in their deliveryhere is my review from that time.

 
“What can I say for a mere,p you can acquire a truly original horror short story collection, What makes this book so different is the fact that all these stories are joined together in a very clever way, The writing is very taut, bright, fresh and new, and I loved every word, So often in the past I have been disappointed when reading horror books, but AJ Armitt is a breath of fresh air and I urge you to downlod, . . you will not be disappointed : refers to, EntwinedTales from the CityDark amp Twisted Tales, reviewed on Augustth, ” Originally reviewed on sitelinkLauraofLurking

I received a free copy of this book in return for an unbiased review

Strong language: None
Drugs: None
Violence: Some, Semigraphic
Sexual content: None

The teacup lady/
This story started with an interesting and sweet point of view of a dad trying to make his daughter happy, while simultaneously suffering from the heat.
I found it a bit heavy in metaphors in places, but something I felt was balanced by the latter part, It had a good, and I felt unpredictable, ending,

Bitter Water/
A man gets an offer to move to a new town with a job, home etc included, After a gift basket arrives he goes to the shop it came from, meeting a creepy old man who owns it, This man tells a story, believability of the telling aside, I felt it meandered and was predictable,

Neighbourhood Watch/
Fast paced pithy dialogue, but in the opening scene I felt there weren't enough tags to say who was saying what, meaning I got confused about one character's opinion.
A good story, I particularly liked the twist,

The Amazing Flea Circus,/
This was fairly mundane and predictable for the large part, A family go to a flea circus and the least willing participant in the room is picked as an assistant, There were a few small surprises, but overall you could see where it was coming from quite early,

I did particularly like the writing style of this story though, particularly the line:
The thing looked like it was from thes and still had the original dust.



The Rock Toss/
First page: a lovely refreshing family scene this will never end well!
And I was right, It ended so very very bad, for the characters anyway, For little old me, the reader it was a smooth treat,


Overall this was a great little anthology, Some of the twists were obvious from the start, but in most cases this didn't reduce the enjoyment, The writing was crisp, if occasionally sacrificing emotion or depth to keep the stories short,

I look forward to reading the sequel, Twisted endings

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book full of some shocking and truly twisted takes that you have to Read to understand, I Loved It!! FreeShort Stories

sitelink amazon. com/dp/BBVFXWi, . . Twisted Endings is a mindblowing collection of mystery and suspense stories with unexpected endings, One mans patience will be tested at an amusement park, One man will be the judge of life and death, One group will determine the best way to fight crime, One boy will decide how to beat the school bullies, One woman will find a way to deal with the desecration of her body,

Get ready to experience actionpacked mystery at its finest, The characters in these five stories aren't prepared for what happens next, You won't be either! Just remember, bad things happen to good people, Really bad things. Strap yourself in for an adventure that never lets go, I loved all the stories, disturbing indeed, I really nice quick read, You know how the saying goes: if you dont have anything nice to say, then dont say it, Im assuming the rule doesnt apply to reviews, right Still, Ill try to keep it short, If I were the writer, I wouldnt want to hear someone drone on and on about how much they hated my book,

So Ill try to be gentle, This collection isnt my cup of tea, These stories are a little mediocre and predictable, There. That doesnt sound so bad believe me, Im controlling myself,

Okay, on the good side, all five stories have fastmoving plots, a bit of a twisty ending, and decent language, There are, however, several clichés that were like fingernails on a chalkboard, One is “My life flashed before my eyes, ” Really, please dont use that phrase, Really.

First impressions are everything, The beginning of a book usually puts me in a good mood or at least makes me want to read on, Sometimes I realize right away that the book is just too boring or confusing or violent for me to continue, On rare occasions, the firstpages make me furious, Thats what happened here. I toyed with dropping the book like a hot potato, but I kept thinking, no, you must give it a chance, Surely it will get better, As I read on, I only got madderthe first story seemed like nothing but a rage against fat women,

Its about a guy whos in an amusement park with his daughter the woman working a ride reminds him of his exwife, Its a very short story, yet in just a few pages the words “fat” and “waddle” appear often, and the hatred with which he talks about his exwife is disturbing.
It was offensive, and I was shocked: NOBODY in this overly PC world would dare to create a character with this much prejudice, But there it was, page after page of fat woman disgust, I wasnt sure if it was hatred of women or hatred of fat people, or both, but it doesnt really matter, The writer would probably say that it was the character who had this disgust of fat women, but I dont buy it, I tried to simmer down and see it through when I got to the ending, I was impressedit was twisty and cool, But then I thought about it and realized, no, the whole premise of the story was unbelievable,

So I went, steaming, into story number, worried that the theme of ragging on fat people or women would prevail, but luckily it did not, Story,,, andwere all very differentand mediocre at best, I will always wonder how I would have felt if the writer had reordered the stories so that the wretched first story was placed, say, in positionor,

This book hasnt been widely reviewed, but one or more reviewers compared his stories to those of OHenry, Palees! What a joke. These reviews must be from family and friends,

I mostly read contemporary fiction and a little bit of crime drama, I dont really know what genre this collection falls under, Its not a typical book I would read, It was free on Kindle and looked interesting, so I gave it a shot, Sorry to say it was a waste of my time, At least it was short, so the pain didnt last long,

I feel bad that Ive given the book such a negative review, but I must be honest, I was mildly and I do mean mildly interested in seeing the five stories through, so I almost gave this collection a, but just couldn't do it, I hated that first story so much, the entire book left a bad taste in my mouth,
I dont believe in monsters, but I sleep with the sheets over my head, I hate getting wet, but I stay in the shower until the hot water runs out, I never go over the speed limit, but I like to race cars, Im a good listener, but I talk a lot in my sleep, Im not a bad person, but I write to free my demons, I don't believe in monsters, but I sleep with the sheets over my head, I hate getting wet, but I stay in the shower until the hot water runs out, I never go over the speed limit, but I like to race cars, I'm a good listener, but I talk a lot in my sleep, I'm not a bad person, but I write to free my demons, sitelink.