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A review by addisalazar
Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
4.0
4.5. this book was so sad. it consisted of 6 short stories and none of them had a happy ending which i don’t mind because they were beautiful and real. my favorite ones were “the art of translation” and “the something rain”. i could see the traces of the author’s writing, all the stories had similar settings, there were recurring themes of broken family ties, addiction, death, mental illness, etc. but still each story felt unique.
i love this author’s writing style, given that aristotle and dante is one of my fav books ever. i love that he writes queer experiences in such a simple way, they’re heartbreaking but also real. i could see how some events of these stories were also put into ari and dante’s books.
a lovely read, it made me want to read even more from benjamin alire saenz :)
i love this author’s writing style, given that aristotle and dante is one of my fav books ever. i love that he writes queer experiences in such a simple way, they’re heartbreaking but also real. i could see how some events of these stories were also put into ari and dante’s books.
a lovely read, it made me want to read even more from benjamin alire saenz :)