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A review by heathercatherineo
Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane
4.0
If I wasn't sure about how I felt about Dennis Lehane, it's clear now. The man is a damn good author. He knows how to craft a short story like I've never seen.
With most of the stories in this collection, the reader gets only glimpses of backstory, and at first that bothered me. However, Lehane tells such a rich story in that short amount of pages that backstory becomes unnecessary to a certain degree. His deeply mysterious, morally ambiguous characters powerfully draw you in to their flawed world. Lehane cleverly uses his time to drop you in to powerful, life-changing moments leaving you with the feeling that you have indeed just finished a novel.
Brilliant.
With most of the stories in this collection, the reader gets only glimpses of backstory, and at first that bothered me. However, Lehane tells such a rich story in that short amount of pages that backstory becomes unnecessary to a certain degree. His deeply mysterious, morally ambiguous characters powerfully draw you in to their flawed world. Lehane cleverly uses his time to drop you in to powerful, life-changing moments leaving you with the feeling that you have indeed just finished a novel.
Brilliant.