A review by thukpa
In the Country by Mia Alvar

2.0

Generally, I don't like short stories, but I really wanted to like this collection. I didn't like it as much as I wanted to, both because of my usual frustrations with short stories and my inability to really care about any of the stories or characters. I felt it bog down, and then avoided reading it...but, as I often do with short stories, I keep reading because I hope that the next story will hit me in the way that I'm hoping for when I read. That never happened with this collection, unfortunately.