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A review by servemethesky
After Rain by William Trevor
4.0
Ooooooof. William Trevor. This. Was. Bleak. Bleak and Irish AF.
This was the kind of writing that made me go, "Wait a minute, am I smart enough to be reading this right now?" Some of the moments in the stories were so subtle, I had to pause and text my friend who recommended it to me to make sure I was really getting it.
The writing is dark, languid, melancholy. Things happen slowly and sadly. We can be cruel to each other daily, in small ways, and those traumas endure.
I need something happy to read now.
This was the kind of writing that made me go, "Wait a minute, am I smart enough to be reading this right now?" Some of the moments in the stories were so subtle, I had to pause and text my friend who recommended it to me to make sure I was really getting it.
The writing is dark, languid, melancholy. Things happen slowly and sadly. We can be cruel to each other daily, in small ways, and those traumas endure.
I need something happy to read now.