lit_laugh_luv 's review for:

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

3.0

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I really wanted to love this but it definitely doesn’t surpass 3 (maybe 3.5?) stars for me. The short stories are all thematically connected and Moshfegh does a great job in making mundane aspects of the world feel grotesque and brutish. The similar nature of the stories inevitably resulted in some entries feeling formulaic and predictable; the stronger entries are definitely ones with varying perspectives or multifaceted narrators.

Standouts for me (in no particular order): A Better Place, An Honest Woman, Beach Boys, Dark and Winding Road and Dancing in The Moonlight.