3.5 stars for some of the stories, 2 stars for others.

I picked up this collection on recommendation of my 20 year old son, who loves Lord Dunsany. The specific stories which were recommended to me were good, but this is definitely not my favorite.

The stories seem to be very much the same, difficult to follow and dream-like.

Common themes/characters: personified mountains or winds or water, Time, jewelry and idol gods. Lots of idol gods. It seems as though you could read the first page of a story and then the last and you wouldn't lose much. Except a lot of other-world descriptions.

I tried to like these stories, I really did.

Sorry, Son ♥ ( )