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A review by beccacm
So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith
3.0
I won a copy of this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
This book was a bit of a frustrating read, because there were a lot of elements I liked mixed with parts that I felt limited the book.
I really liked the writing style. There are some beautiful and unexpected descriptions, and each story was pleasant to read. However, since so many of the stories had pretty much the same theme, it came to feel a bit cliched. You can only hear about lipgloss flavors or floral scents so many times, you know?
I also liked how some of the stories connected to each other. It made them feel more whole. However, many of the stories without those continuations felt far too short, like they lacked detail. So many felt like the beginning to a good story, but were cut off before anything truly interesting happened. And without enough information to truly care about the characters, the small snippets of their interior lives that we get don't feel impactful.
Overall though, there were definitely some really good stories in this collection (my favorite was "Crepuscular") and it's a fairly quick and entertaining read.
This book was a bit of a frustrating read, because there were a lot of elements I liked mixed with parts that I felt limited the book.
I really liked the writing style. There are some beautiful and unexpected descriptions, and each story was pleasant to read. However, since so many of the stories had pretty much the same theme, it came to feel a bit cliched. You can only hear about lipgloss flavors or floral scents so many times, you know?
I also liked how some of the stories connected to each other. It made them feel more whole. However, many of the stories without those continuations felt far too short, like they lacked detail. So many felt like the beginning to a good story, but were cut off before anything truly interesting happened. And without enough information to truly care about the characters, the small snippets of their interior lives that we get don't feel impactful.
Overall though, there were definitely some really good stories in this collection (my favorite was "Crepuscular") and it's a fairly quick and entertaining read.