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3.12 AVERAGE
3.12 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I understand it was a short story but the conflict and then the end was just too abrupt
medium-paced
Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories and Jane Green for the free digital copy.
I rarely read short stories. I find myself wanting to get immersed in a world for a while, to take a journey with characters for at least 300 pages.
So, I must admit I was surprised to see myself downloading this 44 page short story. First of all, Jane Green is the author and that alone would have been enough for me.
Throw in the themes of female friendship, female identity and female roles and I was in.
I was immediately drawn into the first scene where we meet Lucy who is reluctantly out with other divorcees blowing off steam at a bar when she finds herself in need of lip gloss happily supplied by a younger woman named Elle that leads to a fast friendship.
The story moves quickly and the plot twist does give a bit of whiplash but more than the actual details of the fate of the friendship of Lucy and Elle, I will remember how Green was able to conjure my own nostalgia for early friendships with girl friends and how they are like no other. I also resonated with excavating one's relationship with oneself before one can be wholly available to relationships with others.
Overall, worth reading as it is a quick ride and for the feeling it will leave with you even after the details are gone.
I rarely read short stories. I find myself wanting to get immersed in a world for a while, to take a journey with characters for at least 300 pages.
So, I must admit I was surprised to see myself downloading this 44 page short story. First of all, Jane Green is the author and that alone would have been enough for me.
Throw in the themes of female friendship, female identity and female roles and I was in.
I was immediately drawn into the first scene where we meet Lucy who is reluctantly out with other divorcees blowing off steam at a bar when she finds herself in need of lip gloss happily supplied by a younger woman named Elle that leads to a fast friendship.
The story moves quickly and the plot twist does give a bit of whiplash but more than the actual details of the fate of the friendship of Lucy and Elle, I will remember how Green was able to conjure my own nostalgia for early friendships with girl friends and how they are like no other. I also resonated with excavating one's relationship with oneself before one can be wholly available to relationships with others.
Overall, worth reading as it is a quick ride and for the feeling it will leave with you even after the details are gone.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This felt like it was written with only the idea of a performative message. Like the Midnight Library ðŸ˜
This was definitely interesting. Short story I had a friend like Elle I definitely understand how Lucy feels. Sometimes you can’t trust your best friend around your boyfriend or your ex boyfriend . and sometimes those are the friends that you don’t want around and the friends you have to stop being friends with and block them out of your life and off social media.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes