Christine's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series (TM))
by Dave Eggers
Christine's review
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 (The Best American Series (TM)) by Dave Eggers
Christine's review
rating:
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read-fiction
recommended for: Busy People with Short Attention Spans
This is one of the most varied collections of short stories I have read in quite some time. Occassionally it becomes clear that the collection is meant for people to say "this is the most varied collection I've read" which does show it lacks some sort of central theme, something to hold on to, etc.
The variations are in structure as well as tone and voice so unlike many other prose collections or collections of one author's short stories it is will keep your mind stimulated to be sure.
I personally read this book in spurts at home and in various cafes, airports, etc., which I think was the best way I could've read it. Sitting at home I would've been struck more at the dissimilarities in the stories and not been able to appreciate them as much as individual works that just happen to have been collected.
As in any collection, there are stronger and weaker ones, but I would recommend this reading for someone who likes shorter, varied reads, someone who has little ...more
The variations are in structure as well as tone and voice so unlike many other prose collections or collections of one author's short stories it is will keep your mind stimulated to be sure.
I personally read this book in spurts at home and in various cafes, airports, etc., which I think was the best way I could've read it. Sitting at home I would've been struck more at the dissimilarities in the stories and not been able to appreciate them as much as individual works that just happen to have been collected.
As in any collection, there are stronger and weaker ones, but I would recommend this reading for someone who likes shorter, varied reads, someone who has little ...more
