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punpunreads 's review for:
What We Talk about When We Talk about Love
by Raymond Carver
5 stars in terms of the writing itself. 3 stars in terms of enjoyment (which, to be honest, sounds more like a me-problem). Carver's writing style is very minimalistic and reminds me a lot of Hemingway's. My favorite stories are "After the Denim," "Popular Mechanics," and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." One warning for those who're interested to read, though: violence is one of the book's main themes. Personally, this wasn't something I expected when I started reading it. The title gave me a false idea that the collection’s gonna be about love and heartbreak (and it kind of is to some extent, I guess?), but some stories are fairly disturbing.