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A review by j_f
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
2.0
I had heard so much about these stories to expect a lot from them, and I was pretty disappointed.
There's this common thread between all of these somewhat perverse, dark stories that makes them at once easy to read as a novel in itself and difficult to read because it just never stops being weird and somewhat off putting.
Because they are short stories, there's not a lot of character development.
The writing style was really good but it made me feel uncomfortable constantly. The characters were the same.
I think the book just didn't make me feel enough of what I wanted to feel, some hard emotional investment in its characters and their stories.
There's this common thread between all of these somewhat perverse, dark stories that makes them at once easy to read as a novel in itself and difficult to read because it just never stops being weird and somewhat off putting.
Because they are short stories, there's not a lot of character development.
The writing style was really good but it made me feel uncomfortable constantly. The characters were the same.
I think the book just didn't make me feel enough of what I wanted to feel, some hard emotional investment in its characters and their stories.