A review by beckyisbookish
The Middle Stories by Sheila Heti

5.0

and she realized that she was twenty-one, and she thought of her life, "What a waste," and nothing convinced her otherwise.

Walking past a fountain on his way to the train station, he passed a girl of late teenage years who was blond and who he supposed would like the companionship of a man like him. Dragging her into the park he tore out two-thirds of her hair.

These were best described to me as "short brutalities". I like that. That's exactly what these are. And they were fantastic.