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A review by oofym
Liars in Love by Richard Yates
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
Grrrrrr I'm so over men writing women. I never thought I'd dnf two books in one day due to cringe dialogue and over-the-top descriptions of young women's breasts but here we are.
It's a shame, I really liked Revolutionary road by Richard Yates, and his ability to deal with the complexities of human relationships is present in this short story collection, but his horrible piss poor writing on women is also smeared all over it like vomit.
I gave up during the short story "A compassionate leave". Yates so obviously views the female sex as some entity that only exists to have sex with you, give birth and then argue and divorce you; it's in 4/4 of the stories I read. No I will not read the other two.
The only story with any redeeming qualities was "Trying out for the race", but again even this one features an abusive mother who shags random men.
Wouldn't recommend, read Revolutionary road but don't touch this one.
It's a shame, I really liked Revolutionary road by Richard Yates, and his ability to deal with the complexities of human relationships is present in this short story collection, but his horrible piss poor writing on women is also smeared all over it like vomit.
I gave up during the short story "A compassionate leave". Yates so obviously views the female sex as some entity that only exists to have sex with you, give birth and then argue and divorce you; it's in 4/4 of the stories I read. No I will not read the other two.
The only story with any redeeming qualities was "Trying out for the race", but again even this one features an abusive mother who shags random men.
Wouldn't recommend, read Revolutionary road but don't touch this one.