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challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A collection of short stories set in turn of the 20th century Dublin.
I’ll start with my slight negative of this being a tiny bit of a mixed bag - there were a couple of stories that I battled to the end of and felt like I simply did not know what was going on.
Really loved them on the whole though. They were different to other short stories I’ve read. Instead of being fully realised, compact stories with a ‘beginning, middle, end’ vibe, these were more like snapshots or little painted moments of points in time, and from those we get an inkling as to what life was like.
There was a kind of indirect bleakness hovering over all the stories (just my cup o tea). Highlights for me were A Painful Case, Eveline, The Boarding House and A Mother.
I’ll start with my slight negative of this being a tiny bit of a mixed bag - there were a couple of stories that I battled to the end of and felt like I simply did not know what was going on.
Really loved them on the whole though. They were different to other short stories I’ve read. Instead of being fully realised, compact stories with a ‘beginning, middle, end’ vibe, these were more like snapshots or little painted moments of points in time, and from those we get an inkling as to what life was like.
There was a kind of indirect bleakness hovering over all the stories (just my cup o tea). Highlights for me were A Painful Case, Eveline, The Boarding House and A Mother.