Reviews

Sylvia Plath Watches Us Sleep But We Don't Mind by Victoria Richards

ashes_b's review

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

rojulian's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.0

mistypane's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

mimosaeyes's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

The title caught my attention, naturally, but not all the stories held it. 

I'd say my favourite is "Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning", which hits nicely and has a good style. In other stories, the prose feels overwrought or uninspired at times. "Below the Line" is just kind of bad to me, with the sort of punchline my mum would text in a group chat. But these are just my opinions, and it's kind of the nature of short story collections to be a bit uneven.

georgia_reads24's review

slow-paced

3.0

maecaitlin's review

challenging fast-paced

4.0

Almost excellent! These stories could do with a more central theme to focus on as the genres of each story are vastly different, yet all are excellent pieces of prose by themselves. 

melly28's review

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.0

patternsintheivy's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

emilyp_33's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0