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bupdaddy's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful word pictures. Welty can really put words into pleasing combinations.
I think this book was maybe too smart for me. I'm going to have to read a summary to see what everything meant.
I think this book was maybe too smart for me. I'm going to have to read a summary to see what everything meant.
nickjonesreadsbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I read this book book for a Southern lit class in college. I hated it at the time and I don't think I finished it.
honeydewfelon's review against another edition
5.0
Happy to add Welty's 1949 short story collection to the "read" stack. I love that these stories are interconnected. The overlapping story lines of the people of Morgana add another layer to the collection, inviting the reader to read between the lines, to connect the implicit dots. My favorite story is the last one, "The Wanderers," which is the "sequel" to "June Recital," my close second favorite.
quoththegirl's review against another edition
2.0
I’ve been plodding my way through The Golden Apples for what seems an eternity. I think I’ve been indulging in a little too much Welty lately, or maybe this just isn’t as good as her other works, but for some reason I’m bored stiff. The chapters are very long, very uneventful short stories that more or less all tie together into one timeline, and I know I read “Moon Lake” in another collection. I was unimpressed that time too. Nothing happens, and it takes such a long time doing it--a good bit of the action that does take place is seemingly random or at least without consequences.
Goodness, I’m such a Gloomy Gus of a reader this week!
Goodness, I’m such a Gloomy Gus of a reader this week!
nlholmesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Welty has captured childhood and the Old South better than anyone. This gentle, moving collection of interlocked short stories depict life in Morgana, Mississippi, in the early years of the twentieth century, and after just a few you realize you know and care about these families deeply. I'm not a short story person normally, but because these in essence form a larger whole, I found myself drawn in and never wanted to leave. And can we talk about Welty's style? Surely one of the most gorgeous prose writers of the century, lyrical and original. I could see everything cinematically. It's too bad I've read all her work now, because I never want it to end!
alisondeluca's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
rachelasselta's review against another edition
3.0
Eudora Welty’s mind is so wild, and I would love to know what was going on in it... but I just don’t. I did like “Moon Lake,” “The Whole World Knows,” and “Music from Spain,” though.
pussreboots's review against another edition
3.0
Golden Apples is a novel by Eudora Welty that reads like a series of bizarre short stories with the same recurring characters set in a fictional town in Mississippi. Some readers may find it difficult because of its use of language (specifically nigger). Others may find it difficult just for it's odd prose. The chapters are not linear nor are obvious segues ever used to cue the reader in that a jump in time has taken place. There are also lots of characters with similar names making it easy to lose track of who has done what, when. If I were more drawn into the book I'd want to reread it to get the pieces I missed or misunderstood but frankly I'm just not captivated enough to want to do that right now.