I don't have much to say about this collection of short stories except that I didn't really like it. Well, that's not exactly true. I just couldn't get myself to care about the book. It would be easy to blame the short story format, but I typically like short stories. I've come to realize that I like a resolution to the stories I read. If I've invested time to read and start to care about the characters, I want to know how things will end up- I want to know what happens! Don't keep me hanging by cutting the story in the middle. To me, it's like taking my plate of food away mid-meal. I was still working on it and I haven't tasted all the different parts of my meal. I think that this is my fundamental problem with Lucky Girls- the story would abruptly end, without telling me how the conflict ended. Some people might like this, but just not me. Additionally, I could not force myself to about the characters- there was nothing there that made me want to keep reading, I just did because I really hate not finishing books.
1 1/2 bookworms- who knows? Maybe someone out there will like the writing style.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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