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Wow, SUCH a clear voice. Her fiction was so well-thought-out that I mistook it for fact at first.
Some of these stories are going to stick with me for a long, LONG time...a fitting tribute for any writer, let alone one so young.
Some of these stories are going to stick with me for a long, LONG time...a fitting tribute for any writer, let alone one so young.
After reading The Opposite of Loneliness, I thought I should wait a bit and digest it before reviewing...but really I should know myself better. Now I've gone and forgotten at least half of what I wanted to say.
I'd heard the title of this book causing a stir when it first came out, but I had no idea that was related to the fact the young author had died in a car accident days after graduating from Yale. The title of the book comes from her commencement speech which is...painful to read in light ...more
I'd heard the title of this book causing a stir when it first came out, but I had no idea that was related to the fact the young author had died in a car accident days after graduating from Yale. The title of the book comes from her commencement speech which is...painful to read in light ...more
I think it's amazing that this was written by someone in undergrad. That alone makes this book really compelling. There were some really great essays and some less than stellar ones, but of course this young writer was just not done. This is clearly the work of a writer discovering her voice and that she didn't have more time is a huge loss.
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