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I read this because I heard it made people throw up at live readings; with that in mind, I was extremely underwhelmed.
Exactly one of the short stories is worth reading, and it's the very first one. "Guts" is urban legend material, disgusting and just barely believable.
It's a shame the rest of the book isn't like that. After the strong first chapter, the book turns into a stupid satire of reality TV where a group of writers starve and dismember themselves for viewers' sympathy, occasionally interrupted with short stories about flat characters having forgettable conflicts. The stories are really varied in quality, and the framing device does them no favors.
I abandoned this book with about 35 pages left. It's so unengaging that I didn't even care to find out how it ends.
Exactly one of the short stories is worth reading, and it's the very first one. "Guts" is urban legend material, disgusting and just barely believable.
It's a shame the rest of the book isn't like that. After the strong first chapter, the book turns into a stupid satire of reality TV where a group of writers starve and dismember themselves for viewers' sympathy, occasionally interrupted with short stories about flat characters having forgettable conflicts. The stories are really varied in quality, and the framing device does them no favors.
I abandoned this book with about 35 pages left. It's so unengaging that I didn't even care to find out how it ends.