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cobydillon14's review
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
val_halla's review
3.0
It's so tough to rate short story collections because the quality of the stories varies. Overall, about 75% of these selections were very good, and only a few were unreadable, so I settled on 3 stars. This is a great book to have in a purse or the car, for when you may only have a few minutes of spare time waiting in line or something.
maylingkuo's review
3.0
whew, i thought i would never finish this book. it's just under 300 pages, but when each story is 1-4 pages, the math comes out to be a million stories in this book. i should have taken the hint by the title (sudden) but i didn't quite understand how short these stories would be. from the pace of reading it, i would have preferred an occasional 20 page story every now and then, just to make the book feel less abrupt.
the stories themselves were all over the board in terms of how i felt about them. my favorite was 'the back of my own head' by alberto rios, enough to where i'm going to pick up a full length book of his. otherwise, i think i'm going to stick to novels for awhile to feel the satisfaction of getting a full story in.
the stories themselves were all over the board in terms of how i felt about them. my favorite was 'the back of my own head' by alberto rios, enough to where i'm going to pick up a full length book of his. otherwise, i think i'm going to stick to novels for awhile to feel the satisfaction of getting a full story in.
dilovesbooks's review
1.0
Seems I'm not a fan of short, short fiction. I'll read several more stories to see if I change my mind. 6/18/10
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