Reviews

Day's End and Other Stories by H.E. Bates

jnikolova's review against another edition

1.0

In his time Bates might have been quite inventive and original, but reading this book from a modern perspective, I was not very touched by the stories. Considering the amount of information we receive daily, a work of fiction, realistic or not, has to be able to influence you very strongly, emotionally or otherwise.
However, none of these stories felt as lively as I expected from such a highly acclaimed author, neither were they very inspired or different than any other author's short stories. It's hard for me to like short stories so I keep trying and trying to find good ones, and most of the time it's a miss. Like this time. But I'll continue my search.

frustratedangel's review against another edition

2.0

Out of the 26 stories in this short story collection, only 3 really made a mark: Day's End, Gone Away and The Father. These 3 stories deal with desolation, death and hopelessness. Only in these 3 instances did I ultimately feel the desperation and rawness of emotions albeit not too strongly but more so of a solid and quiet sadness. The rest of the stories were much too descriptive to the point of detachment as one gets lost in words with no real meaning. Given the statistics of hit and miss, I would have to give this collection 2 stars.

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