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yanique_s_gillana's review
5.0
This was a GREAT first book of this author's career.
It's hard to write reviews for books like these; collections of short stories, but I'll try.
This book touched me so deeply and was such an accurate representation of people in my age group. The stories touched on family relationships and friendships, and the feelings of confusion, hopelessness, disappointment, and depression that so many young adults battle with daily. The characters felt so real, and I was able to form connections to them and become invested almost immediately. This is a good thing because there is not much time to be spent with characters in a short story. I found the stories Transformations, Accidents, and Fitting Ends to be particularly emotional.
The writing in this story was wonderful and matched perfectly with the style of story telling (an important thing for me as a reader), and had the ease and flow that I've come to expect form Dan Chaon. The characters came alive on the page, the settings were vivid, and the stories were completely immersive and effective in their brevity. I loved this collection and recommend it to fans of short story collections and emotional works.
It's hard to write reviews for books like these; collections of short stories, but I'll try.
This book touched me so deeply and was such an accurate representation of people in my age group. The stories touched on family relationships and friendships, and the feelings of confusion, hopelessness, disappointment, and depression that so many young adults battle with daily. The characters felt so real, and I was able to form connections to them and become invested almost immediately. This is a good thing because there is not much time to be spent with characters in a short story. I found the stories Transformations, Accidents, and Fitting Ends to be particularly emotional.
The writing in this story was wonderful and matched perfectly with the style of story telling (an important thing for me as a reader), and had the ease and flow that I've come to expect form Dan Chaon. The characters came alive on the page, the settings were vivid, and the stories were completely immersive and effective in their brevity. I loved this collection and recommend it to fans of short story collections and emotional works.
michaelavk's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful collection of shorts stories I had the pleasure of reading between everything else I put in front of my eyeballs this fall. I'm a fan of Chaon's work for sure. Faves include Transformations, Do You Know What I Mean?, and Fittings Ends.
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