A review by hanryclay
What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

All of the small town American misery of Winesburg, Ohio with none of the reprieve. The title piece is really brilliant, as are many others: "So Much Water So Close to Home", "The Bath", "Everything Stuck to Him", just off the top of my head.

But a real downer. I don't know what it is we talk about when we talk about love; I have to hope it's not this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity