A review by baselemil
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore

4.0

Though all the stories are meandering, undramatic, and incomplete slice of life stories, the insights she weaves in with her often flowery writing keep things entertaining and enjoyable. There are times which her prose become too purple (especially for someone with a lower tolerance than I), it only bothered me in the first half of the second to last story. I have to say I also found this book incredibly depressing and nihilism inducing without the catharticism most books aiming for this would supply... So when you read the back and it talks about it being funny and witty, don't expect it to impart any sense of joy.