Completed: July 22, 2024
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: my father
Words for which I sought help:
elan -- energy, style, and enthusiasm
Review:
I am not fond of short stories and have read very few since Harlan Ellison died. I did not realize that this was a collection of short stories and while the transitions felt abrupt going from one to the other, it wasn't until the third that I realized these were short stories and that the characters were not going to reappear. One of the side effects of listening to a book instead of reading it, I guess. Without my father's recommendation, I doubt I would have picked up this book even though I have enjoyed Towles' novels in general. I find it hard to recommend this book as the stories are not what I was expecting when I started and so felt abrupt, incomplete, and broadly dissatisfying. The novella at the end was a bit of a mystery and Towles did a pretty good job of surprising me, but I didn't enjoy it a lot.
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