A review by maedo
Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason

2.0

I fully expected to enjoy this collection after reading the first three stories, but as I read on, I found that the definite majority of the stories are about marital discord -- usually the wife deciding she is unsatisfied in her marriage because of subtle growing apart reasons, amidst routine nights of watching Charlie's Angels and serving some very 80's recipes. Then she goes and does something really wild at the end to symbolize her new freedom. I found this collection to be both dated and disappointing as a whole, for being a whole lot of the same thing. (Understand that in small doses, I really like the thing that Bobbie Ann Mason does. But not one right after the other.)