Review: Short stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
I previously read Dan Carroll's two other books, Slum and Slum Song which I loved! I was excited to read this book. It is nothing like the other two. It is a compilation of 5 short stories that the author wrote prior to the other two books. The first short story is about Julianna, the star in his other Slum books but this was how the books were originally to start and he scrapped them. I did not like this short story because I had read the other 2 books and I enjoyed the character of Julianna that he developed in those books. I enjoyed the other 4 stories and their characters. They all have different story lines, one is about a 6 year old girl who is not loved or wanted by her parents. Another is about the struggles of a woman who was raped and had a child by her rapist. These stories are all well written and I would love to see them developed into novels. Dan Carroll is an excellent author and I look forward to reading more by him.