A review by matt_and_cheez
The Garden Party And Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

3.0

For a turn-of-the-century work, the themes and actions of the characters were surprisingly progressive. Mansfield presents for the most part strong-willed women who have opinions against the status-quo of that era. What I also enjoyed were the dark turns the stories took, some of them leaving me unsettled and speculative, which I love from a story. That being said, I have a hard time really loving Victorian/Edwardian literature and normally turn away from the short story style. I find myself getting invested and then the story is sadly over. Although the length makes the stories digestible which is a nice reprieve from typical literature of that time.