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arberry's review
3.0
Kind of depressing, but the author's writing style is captivating. This was my first short story collection I've read, at least the first adult one, and I enjoyed it more than I expected. So I'll probably check some more of these out. I liked all of them to some extent, but my favorite stories were The Five Senses, It Would Not Make Me Tremble to See Ten Thousand Fall, Pie of the Month, and Throw Like a Girl.
escapegrace's review
4.0
I borrow most of the books I read from the LA Public Library, so while the waiting list for Thompson's latest Do Not Deny Me was on the long side, I was able to get this earlier story collection pretty quickly. The variety and depth of the many female characters she created here may be unrivaled. Thompson has great range and a finely tuned sense of when a story should end.
wannabemensch's review
2.0
Well-written, I suppose, but depressing as hell with a bleak outlook on everything that might give one pleasure: marriage is a sham; families are burdens; children are fake and selfish, and no one can truly care for anyone else. Yay.
jules72653's review
3.0
Not bad at all but I find that I only remember one or two stories and I've just finished the book.
dilan11's review
5.0
I love these stories. The material (misguided girls getting in trouble with boys) has been used by so many short story writers (Mary Gatskill, Because They Waned to; Antonya Nelson, Female Trouble) but I think Jean Thompson is far more accomplished.
"The Five Senses" has to be one of the creepiest stories I've read. "Hunger" also astonished me. This is much darker than the typical chick lit. "
"The Five Senses" has to be one of the creepiest stories I've read. "Hunger" also astonished me. This is much darker than the typical chick lit. "
kwilson271's review
4.0
A great collection of stories that, for me and other men, could, I suppose, be an instruction manual for how to be a woman.
The most intriguing, "It would not make me tremble..." seemed so familiar, I thought it might be taping into some unconscious myth. Then I saw I had already read the collection two years ago and had duly rated it in Goodreads.
So, how good can a book be when you forget you read it two years later? On the other hand, maybe you'll need no other.
The most intriguing, "It would not make me tremble..." seemed so familiar, I thought it might be taping into some unconscious myth. Then I saw I had already read the collection two years ago and had duly rated it in Goodreads.
So, how good can a book be when you forget you read it two years later? On the other hand, maybe you'll need no other.
penser's review
2.0
It took me forever to get through this. I stalled many times. I did like the last couple of stories..
moreadsbooks's review
4.0
Whoa. This is great. Maybe not all of the stories are as good as those in her newest collection, but the last one? Throw Like a Girl? I'm speechless. It might be a long time before I forget that one. It's changed the whole tone of my day.
raychan18's review
3.0
A few of them were good- quite enjoyed Pie of the Month Club. But many of them seemed like the same story just with different characters