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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I found a lot of these really upsetting, a bald look at the parts of humanity that makes me sad.
Sometimes sad, sometimes slightly haunting and surreal, this was a good collection of short stories.
{library, Kindle}
{library, Kindle}
Excellent writing and remarkable manipulation of structure. A few of the stories were utterly captivating. I actually wish I’d encountered them separately, not in a collection. The prevailing themes in this book created a sense of sameness between the stories, for me. I was left with an impression of a lot of mediocre husbands, echoing grief, and self-destructive behavior.
Unsettling and eerily realistic stories, loved this little collection.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Super enjoyed this collection. There’s a dark, uneasy, almost spooky undercurrent in each stories, all about women lost: in themselves, their lives, foreign countries, their past, their grief. Sometimes at the edge of themselves, their relationships. All told with simple, precise language, in often mundane moments. I always love when writers are able to pinpoint a very specific but complex feeling with just a few very well chosen words, like when she writes in the anonymous story: All she wants is to feel like she isn’t being destroyed by the world, even as she doubts she has any right to feel destroyed at all.
dark
mysterious
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes