cuocuo 's review for:

How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
4.0

"Pilgrims" has to be one of the more disturbing stories I've read. That's not a criticism, just a fact.

The stories I liked best and feel I learned the most from (craft wise) were "When She Is Old And I Am Famous" and "The Isabel Fish"

Even though the subject matter differed, I found the voice in "Notes to Sixth-Grade Self" to be too derivative of [b:Self-Help: Stories|90872|Self-Help Stories|Lorrie Moore|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193938034s/90872.jpg|420965].