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Saturday, 20 August 2022
Stories to be Read with the Lights On 25: Ludmila by David Montross
The next story is 'Ludmila' by David Montross. And once again, the title itself is stirring up memories of reading it!
This was a bit weird, as the more I read this one, the less familiar it seemed. I started to think I might have jumbled it up with another story. It was a rollercoaster! First I thought I remembered it, then it seemed unfamiliar, then it came back to me again on the penultimate page.
I liked this one, mostly because it has an unreliable third-person narrator. We're being lied to, but with just enough of a hint to let us work out the real story. There's a verb switch at the end, as though the narrator has made a mistake, that's very clever.
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