Reviews

Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take On the Garden State by Irina Reyn

somanybookstoread's review against another edition

3.0

Absolutely loved the concept but the collection overall was disappointing, perhaps most of all because there wasn't enough variety in the geography of the essays. 75% of them seemed to be about North Jersey, which seems to go against the concept of the book! In the collection, I found three gems: "Taking the Nets" by David Roth, "Ogling the Statue of Liberry" by Gaiutra Bahadur and "New Jersey, 1963" by Dani Shapiro.

blair74's review against another edition

5.0

A song to a Jersey heart of longing, understanding, and defining the value of home