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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I just laughed again and again to demonstrate consent."
Una historia corta bastante interesante, bizarra y muy bien escrita.
Me agrada la reflexión ausente y algo cínica de la protagonista. Entender cómo el suceso del vídeo ha permeado todas las áreas de su vida, demandando protagonismo en la forma en que entiende sus relaciones y a sí misma.
El estilo de escritura es ágil, agradable y con varias frases muy bien construidas. Probablemente busque más de la autora.
"We might never meet up at all; we might die before it happened. Or worse: maybe there had never been any hope of our meeting up, because what was that even a metaphor for? Oneness? A child’s dream of love?"
Una historia corta bastante interesante, bizarra y muy bien escrita.
Me agrada la reflexión ausente y algo cínica de la protagonista. Entender cómo el suceso del vídeo ha permeado todas las áreas de su vida, demandando protagonismo en la forma en que entiende sus relaciones y a sí misma.
El estilo de escritura es ágil, agradable y con varias frases muy bien construidas. Probablemente busque más de la autora.
"We might never meet up at all; we might die before it happened. Or worse: maybe there had never been any hope of our meeting up, because what was that even a metaphor for? Oneness? A child’s dream of love?"
Sam used his small pointing finger to tap each old bloodstain on the sheet; they dated back more than a decade, a disgusting constellation. It was one of those things you didn’t notice until suddenly you did. Like ants. Like everything.
My 2nd best read of 2020.
Video review
A NSFW short story you should read on a lunchbreak. It's freely available from the link in the GoodReads book description. Play the audio and read it while she tells it. Her voice really adds tone to the sentences.
This reminded me why I still have a crush on Miranda July. I laughed at loud a few times and the story is very lucid and present. I've seen her short films (still yet to see the acclaimed 'big film') and was worried that her writing wouldn't be as good. This was a surprisingly engaging short story. In some ways it reminds me of Jonathan Franzen's writing, but the meanness has been replaced by kindly awkwardness.
Video review
A NSFW short story you should read on a lunchbreak. It's freely available from the link in the GoodReads book description. Play the audio and read it while she tells it. Her voice really adds tone to the sentences.
This reminded me why I still have a crush on Miranda July. I laughed at loud a few times and the story is very lucid and present. I've seen her short films (still yet to see the acclaimed 'big film') and was worried that her writing wouldn't be as good. This was a surprisingly engaging short story. In some ways it reminds me of Jonathan Franzen's writing, but the meanness has been replaced by kindly awkwardness.
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sam used his small pointing finger to tap each old bloodstain on the sheet; they dated back more than a decade, a disgusting constellation. It was one of those things you didn’t notice until suddenly you did. Like ants. Like everything.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
WHO GAVE THIS LESS THAN FIVE STARS. I'm sorry, but you're either a prude or you're repressed or something just wasn't going your way when you read it. Because this is an absolutely perfect work of short fiction. Maybe the best thing The New Yorker has published this decade.