A review by ejdelorenze
Runaway by Alice Munro

3.0

This book of short stories was hard to rate. 3 or 4 .... there are 8 or so stories, and some really warrant a 4 while others are only a 3 for me. Munro is a wonderful writer and her imagery is fantastic. She's known for being concise ... never wasting a word. But for me, it was a bit too concise ... there were parts, particularly at the end of a few of the stories, where I was left feeling confused and lost. Clearly I wasn't making certain connections I should have been, but that doesn't really change the fact that it didn't entirely work for me. I did really appreciate the short narratives ... particularly the later stories. They're all a bit dark, but very interesting and imaginative.