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tuckerturner's review
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
malvina4321's review
2.0
I think I’m done with Lauren Groff. Her protagonists tend to be far too melodramatic and ridiculously over the top for my tastes.
f18's review
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
akire07's review
1.0
Challenge # 11 POPSUGAR 2020: An anthology:
Difficult to get into & follow. Kept waiting for a change and get ahold of me but never did.
Difficult to get into & follow. Kept waiting for a change and get ahold of me but never did.
asphaltcowgrrl's review
3.0
One of the weirder novellas in this series. Wasn't really sure what the point was most of the time. Not bad though, one of the three best in the series for sure.
mrz_owenz's review
3.0
So this is the second "Warmer" story I've listened to. The narrator of this one is quite good but the story is still depressing.
gerhard's review
5.0
Another author whom I am embarrassed to admit I have not read yet. The second entry in Amazon’s Warmer collection is a completely different beast to The Way the World Ends by Jess Walter, but equally as good in its own right. I wonder if this particular short story forms part of Groff’s collection called Florida, which gets a plug at the end?
It is a darkly modulated tale about single mother Ange who finds herself haunted by a vision of a dead nest of chicks she stumbles across during a creek clean-up with her daughter and a bunch of volunteers. The chicks had been fed plastic by a parent in a desperate bid to keep them alive.
Ange finds herself haunted by this vision, which overlays her ordinary life like a shroud she peers through at an increasingly incomprehensible and bewildering world. This simple story builds quietly to a devastating but ambiguous climax that is all the more powerful for its lack of resolution.
It is a darkly modulated tale about single mother Ange who finds herself haunted by a vision of a dead nest of chicks she stumbles across during a creek clean-up with her daughter and a bunch of volunteers. The chicks had been fed plastic by a parent in a desperate bid to keep them alive.
Ange finds herself haunted by this vision, which overlays her ordinary life like a shroud she peers through at an increasingly incomprehensible and bewildering world. This simple story builds quietly to a devastating but ambiguous climax that is all the more powerful for its lack of resolution.
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