A review by hplreads
The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret

2.0

Really not my cup of tea. While all of the stories were bizarre and impactful in their own way, I can only say I enjoyed reading 3 in the whole collection. Keret's unique mixture of the violent and depraved with the material world may appeal to some but mostly left me disgusted particularly with the way in which he writes female characters. The stories I liked the most actually rarely included women at all (let alone as a subject which I believe only one story accomplished). I think I would prefer it if he simply left women alone and did not write about them. About halfway through I already knew I would not like anything that came next in this collection. I suppose if the intention was to leave readers confronted by the many small and large tragedies of the world the book accomplishes it's purpose. I will also give kudos to Keret for being able to achieve much within such tight, short stories, some even less than 500 words. Not for me though.