The Gospel According to Blindboy by Blindboy BoatclubMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
As much as I'd love to say this is great (because I really find Blindboy an amazing voice for a forward-thinking Ireland), I'm afraid I can't. One or two stories aside, the majority of tales in the compendium have a tendency to lurch (and I think that's really the most apt way of putting it) from an interest-pricking showing to a ineptly handled telling.
And it doesn't just happen once, it happens quite a number of times: taking stories that are just about getting into their stride and strangling the life out of them. Which is a pity because there's the seeds of some really interesting stories that flicker out for want of a serious editing.
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