A review by babsbick
The Bar Stories: A Novel After All by Nisa Donnelly

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

You could so tell that this was written by a woman! Each chapter was written from a different woman's POV, so you don't have a lot of time to get to know/like them but for me, most chapters were successful in doing so. There were a handful of stories centred around sex and whilst they were good, they did start to feel a bit samey and some probably could have been swapped out for something else. The only story I wasn't a fan of was the vampire one as I didn't really fit the tone of the rest of the book and felt misplaced. For the most part, though, I thought the characters were super interesting and complex and my favourite stories were those centred around Babe, Sharon and their daughter.