Reviews

Further Joy by John Brandon

rocketiza's review against another edition

5.0

Sweet, melancholy small town stories in the style of Drury or if Middlemarch wasn't written so obnoxiously.

natesea's review against another edition

3.0

This is a difficult collection to rate - some 5-star, some 4, some 2 and 3 - but all infused with Brandon's engaging style. Basic stories about basic people with complicated lives trying to live simply. I have never lived in the South, but Brandon takes me there in this collection, as he does in his novels. Though this collection doesn't have the pulse of his previous books, there is enough here to keep you. It leaves me looking forward to his next collaboration with the always wonderful-to-hold McSweeney's.

christinalepre's review against another edition

3.0

There are some excellent stories in this collection ('Palatka' was probably my favorite), but it's a bit uneven. I couldn't connect with some of the more experimental stuff, but then some of it was great. So I don't know. There's like 3/5 of a really good collection here.