A review by bryce_is_a_librarian
A Model World and Other Stories by Michael Chabon

3.0

The short stories in the book are underwhelming. The literary equivalent of Chabon cracking his knuckles. They’re small and minamalistic, two adjectives I never thought I’d use for Chabon and not in a good way either. They’re like Raymond Carver if Carver was a really bad novelist. Just when I was about to right the whole thing off as a loss though, the nigh unbearably wistful novella that ends the book came and saved the day.