4.05 AVERAGE


Sneakily a collection of 400 beautifully written short stories. The book sets out at an unrelenting sprint of a pace; characters are born, live a full life, and die in the span of a few pages. There are no cliches in the writing here, the descriptions are all lucid and fresh.

A strange, unique, fever dream of a book, but fun and wonderful.
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am almost afraid to write that I gave up on page 150.
Family sagas are just not for me, they seem just so unfocused and by chance to me.
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one's for you Grandma.
slow-paced