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Verge: Stories by Lidia Yuknavitch

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markcummings's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

jasonlesher's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Lidia Yuknavitch is one of my favorite authors--I will read anything she writes. Her latest is a collection of short stories that has the familiar gut-wrenching aftershocks we've come to expect from her. Characters living on the fringes of society, the fringes of trauma, the fringes of recovery...Yuknavitch pulls us into their worlds and shows us the light and the dark that exist in all of them, and in all of us. A worthwhile read, especially for anyone who has ever felt like an outcast. I felt a deeper connection, personally, to her nonfiction (The Chronology of Water), but would certainly recommend this collection for any Yuknavitch fan.

mistinguettes's review

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

liishapukurk's review

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

megabooks's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

pipberry's review

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challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

mcslevine's review

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5.0

Yuknavitch is something else entirely- she's a shapeshifter who can drop into worlds right here on planet Earth in 2020 that most of us didn't know existed. I'm overusing the word vivid these days, but I have to say Verge is vivid.