Review: A fun, leisurely read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
I loved the narrative voice in the first two stories - in particular, "Five Things You'll Hate About Me". I could feel that frustration of "Yeah, this is me. You're flawed, too, y'know." And the narrator's issues were not terrible. Merely the idiosyncracies that plague us all. The humour [both in this story and "Surprise and Disbelief"] underscored the poignancy of being in love, or trying to find love that has sticking power - even in the harsh light of being a real person and not some idealized creature.In "Girl on a Hot Tin Roof" . . . I think I'll have to give it another read. I didn't like the second-person voice, and it kept pulling me out of the story. Of course, that could be more my lack of familiarity with the style rather than any problem inherent in it.All in all, though, a fun, leisurely read. I look forward to more!