A review by katlynn_tay
Benny & Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti

2.0

I can't say as I found any of the characters in this novel to be terribly sympathetic. Benny wanted the perfect woman to share his bed, clean up his life, and help him in the cow-shed, but wasn't willing to compromise in the least in what he wanted. Shrimp was slightly less obnoxious. She was baby-crazy, longing for a full life, but un-knowledgeable of how to get it. She at least, in the long run, made an effort to show she'd be willing to work with Benny at a compromise. Marta, secondary character, was probably the most comprehensible character; Inez was creepy as hell; and B-G and Violet were caricatures of the type of farm-folk that Benny wanted to be.

The abrupt finality of the story left me completely confused, and beyond annoyed. If I'd known the book was going to be 3/4 of a full story, I'd have bypassed it on the library shelves.