A review by lizanneyoung
People Like Them by Minka Kent

4.0

 

This is a great short story about a rotating HOA dinner party. Each chapter is from the POV of the wife hosting that course of the party, which makes for an entertaining narrative. Each woman has different views of her neighbors, but as the story comes to a close, it’s clear they all had the same goals going into the evening.

People Like Them is a poignant story about having a village and what that village can do for you. I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s great to see how these women come together to support one of their own and help remove them from a bad situation. Once the breakdown is revealed, all the comments from the different POVs tie the story together. What I thought was going to be more sinister in nature turned out to be something many can relate to.

I haven’t read anything from this author before, but I need to look through their catalog and add some of their books to my TBR.