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jennahazzard 's review for:
The Color Master: Stories
by Aimee Bender
To preface this review, I did not finish this book. I read to about page 110 before giving up.
I picked this book up for a couple of dollars somewhere, and to be honest, I'm glad that I didn't spend much more than that. I can see why people enjoy Aimee Bender and to a certain degree, I also enjoyed her writing. She uses some interesting metaphors. For example, "Her hair is so long and wheatlike you could bake it into bread." However, I tired of this flowery style quickly. Perhaps the book just wasn't to my taste (I prefer cleaner, more minimalist prose).
I think I could have gotten over my style preferences, if the plots of the short stories were a bit more focused. Some stories were better than others, but a lot of them seemed a bit aimless with their plot. Overall, this collection wasn't for me.
I picked this book up for a couple of dollars somewhere, and to be honest, I'm glad that I didn't spend much more than that. I can see why people enjoy Aimee Bender and to a certain degree, I also enjoyed her writing. She uses some interesting metaphors. For example, "Her hair is so long and wheatlike you could bake it into bread." However, I tired of this flowery style quickly. Perhaps the book just wasn't to my taste (I prefer cleaner, more minimalist prose).
I think I could have gotten over my style preferences, if the plots of the short stories were a bit more focused. Some stories were better than others, but a lot of them seemed a bit aimless with their plot. Overall, this collection wasn't for me.