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A review by misssusan
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories by Jincy Willett
4.0
i enjoyed this! i also kind of want to meet david sedaris now because he recommends this as the funniest set of stories he's ever read and if that's true he has a BIZARRE sense of humour and i'd like to hear more about it
i saw a couple of reviews that found this collection depressing which is interesting because a) i never felt that way and b) these stories feature matricide, rape, a serial killer, a false claim of sexual abuse, unhappy marriages, dysfunctional parenting...why on earth didn't i?
the answer i think is willett is a very assured writer who can write about terrible things in a matter of fact way that somehow renders them very clear and precise without being overwhelming?
i don't know guys, this just doesn't FEEL like a sad collection even though a catalogue of the plot indicates it would be. a case of the whole being much greater than the sum of it's parts?
also justine laughs at death a) reminded me of mr. fox by helen oyeyemi in a v. cool thematic way that someone ought to analyze and b) drops the mic on the entire genre of heterosexual male serial killers who murder women genre, everybody can stop writing it now, what else is there left to say
4 stars
i saw a couple of reviews that found this collection depressing which is interesting because a) i never felt that way and b) these stories feature matricide, rape, a serial killer, a false claim of sexual abuse, unhappy marriages, dysfunctional parenting...why on earth didn't i?
the answer i think is willett is a very assured writer who can write about terrible things in a matter of fact way that somehow renders them very clear and precise without being overwhelming?
i don't know guys, this just doesn't FEEL like a sad collection even though a catalogue of the plot indicates it would be. a case of the whole being much greater than the sum of it's parts?
also justine laughs at death a) reminded me of mr. fox by helen oyeyemi in a v. cool thematic way that someone ought to analyze and b) drops the mic on the entire genre of heterosexual male serial killers who murder women genre, everybody can stop writing it now, what else is there left to say
4 stars