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A review by celjla212
Love, in Theory: Ten Stories by E.J. Levy
3.0
This is my first collection of short stories I've ever had to review, so forgive me if this seems a little clunky...I'm not quite sure how to rate the entire book.
Love, in Theory is composed of ten short stories that deal with all kinds of love: new love, old love, husband and wife, mother and daughter.
Some of the stories were very good, while others were less than enthralling. My favorite was "Small Bright Thing", in which both a mother and daughter must face that the other's life is changing.
The author definitely has a gift for making you feel what the character is feeling, which is pretty cool since the characters across the stories are all so different and so many different emotions are present. He also has a knock for getting inside each person's mind and making them confront things they don't really want to.
I'm not entirely sure short stories are for me, but this offering was rather intriguing and I'm glad I read it. If nothing else, it concretes the idea that love is anything but straightforward.
Love, in Theory is composed of ten short stories that deal with all kinds of love: new love, old love, husband and wife, mother and daughter.
Some of the stories were very good, while others were less than enthralling. My favorite was "Small Bright Thing", in which both a mother and daughter must face that the other's life is changing.
The author definitely has a gift for making you feel what the character is feeling, which is pretty cool since the characters across the stories are all so different and so many different emotions are present. He also has a knock for getting inside each person's mind and making them confront things they don't really want to.
I'm not entirely sure short stories are for me, but this offering was rather intriguing and I'm glad I read it. If nothing else, it concretes the idea that love is anything but straightforward.