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peterkeep 's review for:
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
by John Irving
So I didn't actually read the whole thing. In this collection of memoirs, short stories, and essays, I skipped out on some of the essay and memoirs. I tried reading some of them, but they just didn't interest me at all.
John Irving is one of my favorite authors. I absolutely adore his novels. This collection is mostly amateurish by comparison. Irving's own notes after the stories mention that for the most part, he agrees. There were only a few stories that I actually liked. I liked "The Pension Grillparzer," but I actually think I enjoyed it more in its appearance in [b: The World According To Garp|7069|The World According to Garp|John Irving|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447234581s/7069.jpg|1028204]. As a story that Garp writes, it fits really well. I've always liked when Irving's characters write in his stories.
"Interior Space" felt pretty distinctly Irving-esque I guess, but without the full length of a novel to back it up, I didn't feel the same attachment to the characters that I felt in any of his books. It was a solid 3 stars by itself, but it being my second-favorite story in the bunch (and my first-favorite being actually pulled from Garp), the whole collection is a bi disappointing. I'll still pick up more Irving novels, but this short story collection doesn't do it for me.
John Irving is one of my favorite authors. I absolutely adore his novels. This collection is mostly amateurish by comparison. Irving's own notes after the stories mention that for the most part, he agrees. There were only a few stories that I actually liked. I liked "The Pension Grillparzer," but I actually think I enjoyed it more in its appearance in [b: The World According To Garp|7069|The World According to Garp|John Irving|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447234581s/7069.jpg|1028204]. As a story that Garp writes, it fits really well. I've always liked when Irving's characters write in his stories.
"Interior Space" felt pretty distinctly Irving-esque I guess, but without the full length of a novel to back it up, I didn't feel the same attachment to the characters that I felt in any of his books. It was a solid 3 stars by itself, but it being my second-favorite story in the bunch (and my first-favorite being actually pulled from Garp), the whole collection is a bi disappointing. I'll still pick up more Irving novels, but this short story collection doesn't do it for me.