Tenth of December in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Mar 16, 2014 Cat rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction

This book was unsettling. I don't mind that, normally, I enjoy unsettling books. But it was unsettling in a very specific creepy way. Quite a few of the stories focused on victimization of women: rape, abduction, human trafficking. With the exception of Alison's short sections in "Victory Lap" and "Puppy" (which isn't about victimization of women), we get no interiority from a woman. No limited third person. We get the male gaze at the victimized woman. Even in "Victory Lap" when Alison is being ...more

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Feb 15, 2015 Denise Cormaney rated it really liked it

I really like this collection of stories overall, some more than others. I think that's why I generally stay away from books of short stories; I especially dislike getting into a story and its characters only to have it end abruptly, and then you have to shift to new characters in a new story right away.

Obviously I don't hold that against this book! It's just a personal preference (or personal dislike?) of mine. That said, this was a really good book with some very thought provoking stories. I e ...more

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Sep 19, 2013 Alissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian-future-earth

Just crushing.

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Mar 24, 2014 Amy (folkpants) rated it really liked it

I enjoyed how several of these stories had a touch of future dystopia to them. While at the same time, the humanistic quality remained firmly in the present. An interesting collection.

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