RaveUSA TodayThe tales of Fragile Things are nibbles and bits of Gaiman's immensely satisfying inner landscape. They are fiercely playful and very grim, wisps of whimsy and wonder buoyed by the happy heart of a tragic poet. Gaiman is an embedded storyteller, shrugging as his doomed puppets suffer torment and loss … These tales, so quickly written and haphazardly published, get closer to Gaiman's life than even his richest work.
