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A review by alexa_frost
Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness by Danila Botha, Danila Botha
3.5
**Thank you to Guernica books for the ARC**
Like any collection of short stories, some resonated with me more than others. Some of these stories made me laugh and cry whereas others made me mildly uncomfortable, or made me feel like I didn't understand what the author was trying to do.
I was quite hesitant about the book after reading the first story which focused on a Canadian woman living in Israel. Particularly given the current political climate, it didn't quite sit right with me and it wasnt super clear the angle that the author was taking. I did do a bit of a search through the authors twitter and statements and I think she was ultimately critiquing the settler/colonial complex of people who move from western countries to Israel; this could have been a little clearer in the writing though.
Was overall pretty enjoyable but not life changing
Like any collection of short stories, some resonated with me more than others. Some of these stories made me laugh and cry whereas others made me mildly uncomfortable, or made me feel like I didn't understand what the author was trying to do.
I was quite hesitant about the book after reading the first story which focused on a Canadian woman living in Israel. Particularly given the current political climate, it didn't quite sit right with me and it wasnt super clear the angle that the author was taking. I did do a bit of a search through the authors twitter and statements and I think she was ultimately critiquing the settler/colonial complex of people who move from western countries to Israel; this could have been a little clearer in the writing though.
Was overall pretty enjoyable but not life changing