A review by sweetearlgrey
Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

There is something really moving about this. It doesn't try to be grand or pretentious or make things more complex than they need to be. In each of these stories, we get to see only a glimpse of the characters' lives and the subtle emotions of desire, love and loss that they feel. Conceptually it's really well put together as there is a clear overarching theme, something that is rarely achieved in short story collections. The catch is that these stories and characters are so mundane that they are unmemorable. That said, if you're in the right state of mind this is a really grounded and beautifully written little book.