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A review by mags13
The Accomplished Guest by Ann Beattie
3.0
This is my first book by Ann Beattie and I would definitely be interested in picking up more from her, although this one wasn't incredible in my mind I did enjoy some of the stories within this collection.
I think Beattie's writing was very good and at the time reading the stories I enjoyed them. I think for me, this book did not get a higher star rating because I felt the stories were somewhat forgettable. I love when a short story hits you with a twist or a memorable moment right at the end. I love leaving a story and thinking about it for hours or even days afterwards. Unfortunately, with this collection, I found I forgot each story soon after it was over.
This doesn't mean that the stories were bad in any way, in fact bad is often memorable too (if for the wrong reasons). I just found this collection was "fine". Nothing mind blowing or life-changing, but certainly not anything terrible or disturbing.
I think Beattie's writing was very good and at the time reading the stories I enjoyed them. I think for me, this book did not get a higher star rating because I felt the stories were somewhat forgettable. I love when a short story hits you with a twist or a memorable moment right at the end. I love leaving a story and thinking about it for hours or even days afterwards. Unfortunately, with this collection, I found I forgot each story soon after it was over.
This doesn't mean that the stories were bad in any way, in fact bad is often memorable too (if for the wrong reasons). I just found this collection was "fine". Nothing mind blowing or life-changing, but certainly not anything terrible or disturbing.