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A review by effinalice
I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López
5.0
Wow wow wow !
It's been a while since a short story collection has blown me away like this.
I'll Give You a Reason is a debut collection of short stories connected by place. Most of the stories take place around Ironbound - an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. I loved the range of these stories. Across age, identity, gender and class, Lopez breathes life into these stories. I was so immersed that I forgot I was reading.
The end of each story was a gut punch.
Lopez is a talented writer. I truly can not wait for what she writes next.
CW: potential school shooting
It's been a while since a short story collection has blown me away like this.
I'll Give You a Reason is a debut collection of short stories connected by place. Most of the stories take place around Ironbound - an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. I loved the range of these stories. Across age, identity, gender and class, Lopez breathes life into these stories. I was so immersed that I forgot I was reading.
The end of each story was a gut punch.
Lopez is a talented writer. I truly can not wait for what she writes next.
CW: potential school shooting