Reviews

The Best American Short Stories 2018 by Heidi Pitlor, Roxane Gay

maya7's review against another edition

4.0

My Favorites:

'the Art of Losing' by Yoron Choi
'Unearth' by Alicia Elliott
'Boys Go to Jupiter' by Danielle Evans
'What Got Into Us' by Jacob Gauajardo
'The Baptism' by Ron Rash
'The Prairie Wife' by Curtis Sittenfeld

klareloveskanej's review against another edition

faves: boys go to jupiter, the prairie wife, good with boys, everything is far from here

sjh541's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nualasiobhan333's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

some of the best short stories that ive ever read. i had to re read a couple many times before moving?

shonna5000's review

I really liked the first half of this book, but then I lost interest in reading it and finally marked it as "read" so I could free up some fresh book energy. It's a good one though :)

ifthebook's review against another edition

2.0

Pretty hard to believe that these were the best short stories in 2018.

cosmiccloudbird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Biphobia, and Sexual assault

lukescalone's review against another edition

3.0

Some of the stories in here were alright, but altogether I didn't enjoy them quite so much as other collections. I found myself skimming over a lot of them. However, "Boys Go to Jupiter" was outstanding.

xjoanna's review against another edition

This book taught me so much about narrative structures and character complexity and the many ways you can write a sentence. It’s interesting to see Roxane Gay’s editorial interests play out through these different stories (some felt darker, others political; some were both). I took away so many favorite stories from this collection that I’m excited to return to.