The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Endings are the sticking point for The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: several reviewers say they land abruptly or fizzle, and single out the title story itself, despite giving the book its name, as the weakest entry, one reader calling it “ended up as a damp squib of alternative history.” 'Offences Against the Person' and 'Terminus' draw the most complaints as flat filler next to the stronger entries. A cluster of readers feel the ten stories blur into sameness, the same first-person female narrators and the same something-not-seen motif recurring until one reviewer decides “loving four tales out of ten is quite enough.” Casual class- and race-inflected asides in 'How Shall I Know You?' leave what one reviewer describes as being “left with a nasty taste in my mouth.”