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A review by ladynigelia
The Best American Short Stories 2012 by Heidi Pitlor, Tom Perrotta
4.0
I'm glad LeVar Burton Reads exists. I really enjoy the sound design. LeVar Burton is a skilled reader. I get to consume short stories I wouldn't otherwise know of, or make time to read. However, I definitely prefer launching straight into the story without listening to LeVar's introduction, and then coming back to listen to what he thought was important to highlight. I want the story to have a chance to speak for itself straight to me, without any layers in between.
The central line of the story is about a video game, and most of my attention was focused on learning all I could about the video game itself. But upon reflection, it's the pieces of real world context that are just seemingly haphazardly strewn about that are the deeper story. We can use the video game to escape, like the characters do. Or we can think about the reasons the characters want to escape. We can wonder about how they got there, and what we would do in their situations.
I'm going to have to do some more mulling to see if I can figure out the point of the story. What lessons were we supposed to learn?
The central line of the story is about a video game, and most of my attention was focused on learning all I could about the video game itself. But upon reflection, it's the pieces of real world context that are just seemingly haphazardly strewn about that are the deeper story. We can use the video game to escape, like the characters do. Or we can think about the reasons the characters want to escape. We can wonder about how they got there, and what we would do in their situations.
I'm going to have to do some more mulling to see if I can figure out the point of the story. What lessons were we supposed to learn?