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A review by meghan_plethoraofpages
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
4.0
This short story collection was such a beautiful introduction to this author for me! The author explores emotion through ten different stories, through ten unique characters. The everyday and ordinary stories of people are compelling. After each story I had to take a little break, as each story made me feel something different and I wasn’t quite ready to let go at each conclusion.
I’ve started dabbling in short story collections over the past year or two, and apparently I’m a huge fan! I love how when done well, the stories offer up so much despite so few words. I enjoyed the majority of this collection immensely; a few were just okay, but I think that has a lot to do with personal preference and also the comfort (or discomfort) a story might evoke.
It’s so interesting how the author pulls you right into someone’s life, we are blasted with a snippet, with feeling, and then it ends. I read a story or two before bed over the course of nearly a week, and each left a lingering feeling or thought.
Undoubtedly I’ll soon be reading Lily King’s backlist novels. Thank you so much to Grove Press and to Netgalley for a free e-copy of this collection. It is available now! All opinions are my own.
I’ve started dabbling in short story collections over the past year or two, and apparently I’m a huge fan! I love how when done well, the stories offer up so much despite so few words. I enjoyed the majority of this collection immensely; a few were just okay, but I think that has a lot to do with personal preference and also the comfort (or discomfort) a story might evoke.
It’s so interesting how the author pulls you right into someone’s life, we are blasted with a snippet, with feeling, and then it ends. I read a story or two before bed over the course of nearly a week, and each left a lingering feeling or thought.
Undoubtedly I’ll soon be reading Lily King’s backlist novels. Thank you so much to Grove Press and to Netgalley for a free e-copy of this collection. It is available now! All opinions are my own.