How to Talk to Girls at Parties

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Neil Gaiman, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon: How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2016, Headline Publishing Group)

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2016 by Headline Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-4722-4248-8
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4 stars (2 reviews)

"Enn is a fifteen-year-old boy who just doesn't understand girls, while his friend Vic seems to have them all figured out. Both teenagers are in for the shock of their young lives, however, when they crash a local party only to discover that the girls there are far, far more than they appear!"--

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3 stars

A free twofer pairing the older title short with a preview of the new novel Ocean At the End of the Lane. Neither is bad, but with the first being barely more than a sketch and the latter only a preview, reading is pretty unfulfilling. They have a particularly autobiographical quality about the way the two shy boys are described, and in how people respond so readily to their faltering conversations.

The title story is simply a dream written out, the randomness and unease well communicated as well as the abruptness of the end; there are quite a few great lines and separate little stories, shorts within a short. It leaves you with a bit of that classically Gaiman lingering dread, but like a dream, it fades before you can hold on to it, too insubstantial at only a few pages. It certainly pairs with the next half.

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