A review by lauraske
Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill

4.0

Four stars for the second half of the stories only. I really disliked the initial stories in this collection. I thought they were unnecessarily coarse, and I didn't agree with the "truths" they seemed to be highlighting. I'm glad I stuck it out, though, because, starting at "Mirror Ball", the stories do get progressively better. I'm not sure if the stories were arranged chronologically, but that could explain it. The themes/style of the early stories felt very dated to me, which faded a bit as the book progressed. My favorite story was "Don't Cry", and I enjoyed "Description" as well--the connection between the two was interesting and added a bit more to each story.