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mil4's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
missbookiverse's review
3.0
3.5
I liked the stories for their uncanny atmosphere but sometimes I wasn't sure whether to expect a twist or to simply read between the lines and savor the mood portrayed. I like the first and last story more than the one in the middle.
I liked the stories for their uncanny atmosphere but sometimes I wasn't sure whether to expect a twist or to simply read between the lines and savor the mood portrayed. I like the first and last story more than the one in the middle.
torahime's review
5.0
I totally enjoyed this three little tales. They are so beautifully written, full of nostalgia, darkness and love.
asia_b's review
4.0
So beautiful.
The focus is not action but emotion: that inner world in the characters, where traumas and changes reside, invisible to the eye.
The focus is not action but emotion: that inner world in the characters, where traumas and changes reside, invisible to the eye.
mollydarmody's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lizucalaura's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
1.75
batbones's review
5.0
McCullers is exquisite, attentive to the constraints and terrors of family spaces, the complexity of adult feeling or the stunning simplicity of a child's innocent fear. This Penguin Modern volume is an excellent sampler and testament to her work. Each story is full and complete, carefully brought to fruition, intriguing beginnings building to a steady climax and satisfying resolution. Her narratives leave the reader, when they end, with the emotional and intellectual fulfillment of experiencing a well-constructed short story fully explored and condensed for their length, perfect for their form with nothing left over. Horror, sorrow, regret, joy, brim, glimmer, dart in and out of sight like vivid fish in a deep pond. There is a dignity in her writing that parallels mid-century Hollywood's strong characters and transferred onto her characters in their piercing melancholy and haunting fear. The setting may be a sitting room or a bedroom, but she conveys them as they might've been experienced, as if there is nothing ephemeral or quotidian about human lives.