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Monstress by Lysley Tenorio

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Feb 09, 12

bookshelves: 2012
Read from January 28 to February 09, 2012

Pretty great. I'm biased, as Tenorio was a professor of mine, but this collection is truly good. Truly good, ya'll. The writing itself is strong, but the thematic weight is what hit me hardest. Every story involves a culture class between American and Filipino mores, usually but not always spanning two generations. All but one story were written in first person, though my favorite happened to be the third-person piece. Though I prefer third person, I don't know that that's why I liked it best. Over the course of the collection I could have used some variance in the themes, though I don't know that it's fair to fault a book for consistency of thematic material. I certainly look forward to reading Tenorio's first novel.

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