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cocoranzeoh11's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
lexa's review against another edition
dark
funny
4.0
Well written collection of (mostly) dark short stories, many of which I wished were longer.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder
melissafirman's review
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mellambert's review
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
Great batch of stories...some more intriguing than others. But love the tie to the overall theme.
lukedbennett's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
michaelgreenreads's review
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This short story collection is sad and literary. Of course I enjoyed it! What can you expect? Plenty of food, bisexuality, tension, and desperation.
I LOVED: Christopher Gonzalez is amazing at adding suffocating emotions and humour into his stories.
I HATED: in my opinion most of these stories should have been longer. (I think I just want a novel from this writer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
My favourite stories:
Better Than All That — a man reunites with his butthead high school friends and sets out on a night filled with BETRAYAL.
Little Moves - a man mourns a sister that he hated with a sister that he loves.
Half Hearted - what if you could get open heart surgery to fix your emotional limitations???
Tag-a-Long - a saucy story about people at a bar, all of them in dynamics they don’t fully grasp.
VERDICT: I will be keeping a look out for Christopher Gonzalez’s future books! A nice debut!
sabzidyke's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
mikaelarose's review
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
shmadsie's review
4.0
i don't know if i could say i liked these (so many were depressing af) but it was remarkable how quickly and easily i could fall into a character's life when some of them only got two pages to snatch me up.