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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
I might have just found a new favourite author. (Well, I have many, but who's counting.)
Hazzard is funny in a non obvious way; the stories in "People in Glass Houses", which probably reflect her own experience at the UN, are humorous with a touch of kafkaesque absurdity. But she also manages to capture domestic conflicts in a very particular way—her characters in "Cliffs of Fall" are incredibly believable; they're mature, intellectual, they quote poetry and know about art and mythology, they're flawed and sometimes misogynistic, they have affairs or live in solitude.
I only wished it was a collection of selected stories, but I'm just picky.
P.S. William Maxwell really did have a nose for good storytelling.
Hazzard is funny in a non obvious way; the stories in "People in Glass Houses", which probably reflect her own experience at the UN, are humorous with a touch of kafkaesque absurdity. But she also manages to capture domestic conflicts in a very particular way—her characters in "Cliffs of Fall" are incredibly believable; they're mature, intellectual, they quote poetry and know about art and mythology, they're flawed and sometimes misogynistic, they have affairs or live in solitude.
I only wished it was a collection of selected stories, but I'm just picky.
P.S. William Maxwell really did have a nose for good storytelling.
emotional
relaxing
medium-paced
I didn’t read all of these, because although I loved them, they started to get quite repetitive. People are always staying at rich friends houses getting fucked over emotionally. It’s great, and I love the way she turns the knife on the last page a bit like Curtis Sittenfeld. But there’s just not enough variety. Going to try a Hazzard novel next.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
I might have just found a new favourite author. (Well, I have many, but who's counting.)
Hazzard is funny in a non obvious way; the stories in "People in Glass Houses", which probably reflect her own experience at the UN, are humorous with a touch of kafkaesque absurdity. But she also manages to capture domestic conflicts in a very particular way—her characters in "Cliffs of Fall" are incredibly believable; they're mature, intellectual, they quote poetry and know about art and mythology, they're flawed and sometimes misogynistic, they have affairs or live in solitude.
I only wished it was a collection of selected stories, but I'm just picky.
P.S. William Maxwell really did have a nose for good storytelling.
Hazzard is funny in a non obvious way; the stories in "People in Glass Houses", which probably reflect her own experience at the UN, are humorous with a touch of kafkaesque absurdity. But she also manages to capture domestic conflicts in a very particular way—her characters in "Cliffs of Fall" are incredibly believable; they're mature, intellectual, they quote poetry and know about art and mythology, they're flawed and sometimes misogynistic, they have affairs or live in solitude.
I only wished it was a collection of selected stories, but I'm just picky.
P.S. William Maxwell really did have a nose for good storytelling.