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Please Don't Be Upset and Other Stories
by
Brandi Wells
Please Don’t Be Upset is a collection of fifteen perfectly rendered stories–lists, instructions, yearnings, confessions, more–stories about imperfect mothers and daughters, women and men, strange stories about folded bodies and stalking deer, stories about the small, heartbreaking ways we fail each other, yet cling so tightly.
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Published
September 15th 2011
by Tiny Hardcore Press
(first published 2011)
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Almost as good as the novelization of Terminator II. Wait, they didn't do that one? Fuck.
But seriously, some very good writing. I enjoyed that it was emotionally honest. At times, you might feel the opinion given was cruel or harsh, but really, it was pure truth. Certain details and opinions, small descriptions seem to make this for me and remind me of my own upbringing or other sections of my life.
It's the kind of book that, even as a guy, some parts you read, and you feel like you're sharing i...more
But seriously, some very good writing. I enjoyed that it was emotionally honest. At times, you might feel the opinion given was cruel or harsh, but really, it was pure truth. Certain details and opinions, small descriptions seem to make this for me and remind me of my own upbringing or other sections of my life.
It's the kind of book that, even as a guy, some parts you read, and you feel like you're sharing i...more
review forthcoming at Red Fez (in the meantime, go get this book).
This is an awesome collection of postmodernist stories, each like a sweet truffle of madness and poetry. The stories are written much in the same style: Wells likes a present tense narration, a female narrator, and small imagistic fragments combining to create the narrative of dysfunctional relationships in an age where only department store socks make sense.
The pacing is always impeccable, one of those books you can't resist reading one more page from even if your eyelids are drooping and you r...more
The pacing is always impeccable, one of those books you can't resist reading one more page from even if your eyelids are drooping and you r...more
There's some palpable madness/insanity going on here, like in a Lindsay Hunter way. But instead of food fetishes and white trash humor, Wells's go-to obsessions are hair and fucking. My favorites stories in this quick collection are "Some Love Stories" and "A Dozen Notes to Ruben," which are also the two stories here constructed like numbered lists. I guess I'm a sucker for lists.
Keep an eye on this writer. She's dangerous!
Keep an eye on this writer. She's dangerous!
I really, really enjoyed this. The strongest moments and stories reminded me, in hints, of Amelia Gray or maybe small sparkles of Lindsay Hunter, too, both of whom I may actually be in love with, so that's def a good thing. But they felt original, too. Brandi Wellsian.
My cats think this is a fantastic book. They say it is better than tuna fish and killing the awful birds that taunt them through the living room window. I mean, fuck those birds, right? What are you? Some kind of "bird lover?"
I'm with the cats. A delightful read.
Mostly solid though similar to other things
Oct 15, 2011
Michael
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Animals love this book. How could it not be good?
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