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A review by rosaryoleander
Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal
5.0
The blurb barely covers this. This is a really interesting book which is just brilliantly well written.
It is a series of short stories that narrates the lives of around 20 people not necessarily at all connected, but each written in a completely distinguishing manner. Each character is fleshed out with their own internal voice coming off the page and de Waal has done a phenomenal job of writing each one differently.
The stories themselves are interesting, some dark, some less so. Some are introspective. Some are a story about another person, from the perspective of the first person narrator. This is just a masterclass in character building.
It is a series of short stories that narrates the lives of around 20 people not necessarily at all connected, but each written in a completely distinguishing manner. Each character is fleshed out with their own internal voice coming off the page and de Waal has done a phenomenal job of writing each one differently.
The stories themselves are interesting, some dark, some less so. Some are introspective. Some are a story about another person, from the perspective of the first person narrator. This is just a masterclass in character building.