Actual rating 3.5 stars. 
 Gaiman is undoubtedly a master of the art of writing: his prose his sublime, his imagery evocative and his characters raw and real. His writing alone is worthy of garnering all five stars. The subject matters were also of a varied and intriguing nature that aroused my initial interest. As the title describes, each story deals with themes that could be deemed as triggers, or unsuitable for those of a sensitive nature, and this both excited and charmed my morbid curiosity and I. 
 My only problem with this is that it features short fiction. It seems unfair to rate a short story collection lowly precisely because it is what it says it is! I just couldn't get over the format enough to fully immerse myself in each story as much as I would have liked to. Gaiman's bizarre and beautiful prose is, in my belief, better suited to longer fiction. My opinion was reinforced by my enjoyment of the longer length stories in this collection. This is just a personal preference has in no way impacted my enjoyment of Gaiman's writing or my interest in reading more of his unusual and astounding creations.