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Liberation Day: Stories by George Saunders

4.0 AVERAGE

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gee_schmidt's review against another edition

4.0
I love starting a George Saunders story that spits you out into a slightly distorted world and then wrecks you as you start putting the pieces together. The collection was uneven but often moving in unexpected ways. 

ryankmotter's review against another edition

4.0
Top Stories- Liberation Day, Love Letter, Sparrow, Mom of Bold Action. This was good, although not as affecting as Tenth of November. There is still no one who demands more work from their reader than George Saunders.

jewilso's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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tamx's review against another edition

3.0
dark funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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j_better_off_read's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging dark funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

el_jo's review against another edition

4.25
emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

claradelune's review against another edition

There’s a passage in the first story in which the speaker is in the mind of a civil war soldier writing to his wife describing the feeling of watching her drop her robe from her body and stand naked before him. That’s a lot of framing, but the passage itself is one of the most singularly beautiful pieces of writing I’ve ever come across. I’m not an audiobook person and this audio rules; it’s just absolutely fantastic.
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bridget_books's review against another edition

3.75
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
It’s hard to love every single short story of a collection because some of these I thought were excellent and some weren’t as strong, so I feel like short story collections typically get a lower average rating. This was very futuristic and dystopian, and it did a good job highlighting real issues we suffer from today in a new way. Definitely an interesting read
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natashamuse's review against another edition

I'll have more to say about this later-- and I might even record it here-- but for now, I'll leave it at: This was the perfect last book to a year. The last story was a great way to close out 2023

reneetastic's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated