margesyarf's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

capitola's review against another edition

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5.0

A great collection! I am never disappointed by the stories in The New Yorker, and this book was music to my eyes.

writtenontheflyleaves's review

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I was reading this on holiday in New York - when I next want to read short stories I’ll return to it but it’s not a genre I gel with easily so it takes specific conditions...

jjsho77's review

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2.0

Lots of different kinds of stories about New Yorkers. It was ok. Not great.
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