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Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 by Olivia Sudjic, Lauren Aimee Curtis, Anna Metcalfe, Derek Owusu, Thomas Morris, Sophie Mackintosh, Sarah Bernstein, Sara Baume, Natasha Brown, Eley Williams, Jennifer Atkins, Isabella Hammad, Eleanor Catton, Saba Sams, Eliza Clark, Tom Crewe, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Camilla Grudova, K. Patrick, Graeme Armstrong

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Some pieces in here made me scramble for a pen to write down the author to make sure I picked up their books. Others didn't incite that feeling, such is short story collections

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

Interesting anthology with works by definitely talented writers. I enjoyed reading almost all of these pieces.
But I preferred the actual stories over excerpts from novels.

My favourites were:
The Cloud Factory by Graeme Armstrong
Doubtful Sound by Eleanor Catton
Theories of Care by Sophie Mackintosh
Circles by Anna Metcalfe
Kweku by Derek Owuso
Rostrum by Eley William's.