A review by tonythep
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

2.0

I was quite torn by this book. I too (like Susan G.) am a fan of Moore's short fiction and her short novel "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" I really wanted to like this, but, while Moore writes beautifully at times, I was never able to become fully engaged. Perhaps the story was too "down" or the writing too "realistic." Perhaps the protagonist was too "passive." I don't know and perhaps that frustrates me the most. It does make me want to go back and reread her earlier work to see if, you know, it's me or her.