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A review by bluelilyblue
Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
3.0
Didn't read the whole collection, only the dozen or so stories assigned for class.
It takes mastery of language at sentence level to be able to write good short fiction, and Flannery O'Connor definitely has it. But for me this was a bit of a letdown. These stories are probably not meant to be read in such a quick succession, because they get tediously repetitive. Not to mention moralising. However, there are a few indisputable gems -- A Good Man is Hard to Find, The River, A View of the Woods, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, just to mention a few. O'Connor also happens to be insanely good at titles, all bangers all the time!
It takes mastery of language at sentence level to be able to write good short fiction, and Flannery O'Connor definitely has it. But for me this was a bit of a letdown. These stories are probably not meant to be read in such a quick succession, because they get tediously repetitive. Not to mention moralising. However, there are a few indisputable gems -- A Good Man is Hard to Find, The River, A View of the Woods, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, just to mention a few. O'Connor also happens to be insanely good at titles, all bangers all the time!