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A review by cojack
The Decameron Project by The New York Times
3.0
3.5 stars. I liked the idea of a collection inspired by the 14th century Decameron, but many of these stories didn't land for me. I think one of the problems is that we need distance from a situation to properly reflect and write on it. Some of these felt really dashed off. Also, I didn't like the interface at all. I inadvertently skipped some stories, and the flipping-card style of the titles made it hard for me to see what I had read and hadn't. A regular table of contents would have been nice.
The stories that resonated with me: “One Thing,” Edwidge Danticat; “Systems,” Charles Yu; “Tales from the LA River,” Colm Toibin; “Keepsakes,” Andrew O’Hagan; “The Cellar,” Dina Nayeri; “ Barcelona: Open City,” John Wray.
The stories that resonated with me: “One Thing,” Edwidge Danticat; “Systems,” Charles Yu; “Tales from the LA River,” Colm Toibin; “Keepsakes,” Andrew O’Hagan; “The Cellar,” Dina Nayeri; “ Barcelona: Open City,” John Wray.