Review: Looking at life from a variety of viewpoints
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
Sonya Dodd’s No Man is an Island is an eclectic group of short stories that takes the reader from the kitchen of a tragic and abusive woman to a soggy field where the wind turbines are coming to life. This is a difficult book to rate because some of the stories are beautifully written and thought-provoking, and others are less so. As a whole, the collection of stories presents a diverse look at life and the world that we inhabit.Ms. Dodd has a great talent for inhabiting the mind of characters who are extremely different from each other. In Beyond the Thunder, she takes us inside the mind and heart of a pregnant woman who has been captured and shackled in the hull of a boat alongside many of her friends and family. In Alone, we travel to a very frightening place and see the world through the eyes of a killer.Overall, I recommend this book for people who love short stories and enjoy the opportunity to look at life and the human condition from a variety of viewpoints.