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A review by mcoussens
The Dinner Party and Other Stories by Joshua Ferris
I sometimes worry that I allow strongly positive reviews from publications I admire to color my own views of books and authors. Clearly my reaction to this book removes that concern, because even though this author received critical acclaim from various prestigious outlets, it did not impress or engage me.
I took months to finish this 243 page book of 11 short stories while polishing off many other books of greater length in much less time. The best story in the book starts on p. 93, titled "The Breeze". When I finished it, I thought that perhaps I would put the other first 92 pages behind me because that story was so good, but appreciation did not again surface until the p. 173 start of the story "The Stepchild".
My suggestion is to save yourself the time and money for this book and just read one of those short stories at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-breeze and then Google "The Stepchild" to read discussion of it (as I could not find the story otherwise online).
I took months to finish this 243 page book of 11 short stories while polishing off many other books of greater length in much less time. The best story in the book starts on p. 93, titled "The Breeze". When I finished it, I thought that perhaps I would put the other first 92 pages behind me because that story was so good, but appreciation did not again surface until the p. 173 start of the story "The Stepchild".
My suggestion is to save yourself the time and money for this book and just read one of those short stories at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-breeze and then Google "The Stepchild" to read discussion of it (as I could not find the story otherwise online).