A review by maudalorian
Murder in the Dark by Margaret Atwood

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A

3.5

A whirlwind of very short stories, clever and razor-sharp. Most didn't do much for me, but the ones I liked I REALLY liked. "Simmering" and "Liking Men" will stick with me. "Women's Novels" was my favorite:

I no longer want to read about anything sad. Anything violent, anything disturbing, anything like that. No funerals at the end, though there can be some in the middle. If there must be deaths, let there be resurrections, or at least a Heaven so we know where we are. (...) I want happiness, guaranteed, joy all round, (...) I no longer want to read books that don't end with the word forever. I want to be stroked between the eyes, one way only.