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A review by michellekmartin
Days of Awe by A.M. Homes
4.0
What I loved most about this collection of stories was the variety between stories. Certainly some stories had similar themes, tones, and feels, but there were also some strange stories worked in there too that I found refreshing in their own way.
My favorite stories were Brother Sunday, Days of Awe, Hello Everybody, All Is Good Except For the Rain, Your Mother Was a Fish, A Prize for Every Player, and She Got Away. I enjoyed how certain themes were threaded through the stories.
I noticed that many stories focused on the idea of saying goodbye to parents when you are older. Many of the characters are deeply connected to their parents and have anxieties about their aging and leaving them. A few stories centered around the idea of the inability to say no when a character didn’t want to do something. Other themes I found throughout were questioning of characters sexuality, pistachios dyed red (this was random but popped up in two stories), and the storing/collecting/coveting of objects.
I found Homes writing in this collection to be especially reminiscent of Don DeLillo at moments. She writes these wonderful characters who are so wholly American and explores the sadness of modern American life through these characters. The stories are quite dialogue driven, which was challenging at points, but made you feel like you were right there listening in on conversations.
My favorite stories were Brother Sunday, Days of Awe, Hello Everybody, All Is Good Except For the Rain, Your Mother Was a Fish, A Prize for Every Player, and She Got Away. I enjoyed how certain themes were threaded through the stories.
I noticed that many stories focused on the idea of saying goodbye to parents when you are older. Many of the characters are deeply connected to their parents and have anxieties about their aging and leaving them. A few stories centered around the idea of the inability to say no when a character didn’t want to do something. Other themes I found throughout were questioning of characters sexuality, pistachios dyed red (this was random but popped up in two stories), and the storing/collecting/coveting of objects.
I found Homes writing in this collection to be especially reminiscent of Don DeLillo at moments. She writes these wonderful characters who are so wholly American and explores the sadness of modern American life through these characters. The stories are quite dialogue driven, which was challenging at points, but made you feel like you were right there listening in on conversations.