A review by emilycc
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens

3.0

I liked parts of this multi-POV story about a star left-fielder at spring training a lot, but I ultimately found it kind of lacking - stylistically showy, but also kind of empty. The more I read novels built of short stories, the less I like the form. It’s just really hard to create narrative tension. That means the author has to do something else really well, and also though there’s some great atmosphere here, it wasn’t enough to carry the book for me.