A review by kcnoun
Chilly Scenes of Winter by Ann Beattie

5.0

i have this thing where i sometimes find small, arbitrary things that probably wouldn’t bother anyone else really depressing for no particular reason. i have no idea why but it can weirdly make me feel just as awful as if i actually had something to be upset over. anyway, i bring this up because this entire book is composed of people experiencing life this way, of seeing and hearing casual things that quietly devastate them for reasons they can’t quite place, and having these mundane conversations that maybe mean nothing to one person involved but the world to another. so of course i loved this book but it made me feel like i was dying the entire time and i would never recommend it to anyone. five stars