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Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories by Meng Jin, Meng Jin

smalltownbookmom's review

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3.0

I was completely captivated by the cover for this collection of short stories unfortunately it was just an okay read for me. Short stories are often a hard sell for me and some of these stood out more than others but there wasn't a great cohesive feel to the collection and I just didn't connect strongly with any of them. Great cover, okay but unmemorable content.

palindromephd's review

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3.0

3.5. I really enjoyed the first and last stories, which were the longer ones of this collection. Some of the short stories in the middle were so brief they felt like unrealized ideas. I liked the concepts presented and the writing was beautiful but I felt this collection needed more. The title is incredibly well-chosen though.
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