Reviews

Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu

chaoticbooklover's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

miamon's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.75

angeljenio's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

obsessioncollector's review

emotional

3.5

"And so, from that point on, in order to make the story even sadder, I decided to start taking writing classes – where questions like ‘What is the worst thing you’ve ever experienced?’ and ‘What is your darkest secret?’ are routinely trotted out to be answered by people, a portion of whom are sure from the start that it is they who have the most miserable experience, the strangest secret, the wildest imagination, to the point that, from the start, they won’t take much interest in the story I’ll tell them, much less in me."

hmmclean's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

magis1105's review

slow-paced

2.0

fridge4's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

dfarhany's review against another edition

4.0

Awalnya kurang paham. Lama-lama nagih.

nkfanning's review

challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was so good wow

eunicek82's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad

4.5

This was such an excellent collection. Playful, imaginative, deeply heartbreaking at times and all reflective of the queer experience. Deep Brown Verging on Black was the only story that I didn’t quite understand. It was very well written and very compelling but I’m not sure what he was hoping to convey with that story.