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Town (2007)

by James Roy(Favorite Author)

3.11 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

UQP

review 1: This was my first taste of James Roy and I liked it. When it comes to short story anthologies it's very rare that I read them from cover to cover. I prefer to pick and choose depending on whether or not the opening of the story grabs me, but this collection had me reading all the way through.As the blurb says, a collection of stories centered around the lives of a group of adolescents in a small unnamed Australia country town. Some of the stories stayed with me long after I read them (The New Girl, The First Law of Thermodynamics, The Clearing), others didn't necessarily resonate with me but were well written nonetheless (The Extension Piece, Running Out of Puff). What I liked most was Roy's ability to bring out so many distinct character voices, giving each story a distin... morectly different feel. It usually took me a little while into each story to place the protagonist of the tale in the wider context of all the town's teen characters, but this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the collection.
review 2: James Roy's interwoven series of short stories explores the struggle for young people to find direction in a town which by its own nature wanders aimlessly. The characters keep popping up in others' stories, much like in a real country town where everyone knows everyone, somehow.Mr Roy's stories drew me in. I finished "The Whistleblower" feeling frustrated and unsatisfied - I think this was the author's aim. I held my breath most of the way through "The Clearing".I could see where some of the stories were going to end, but it didn't make the read any less enjoyable. Some others had a surprising and satisfying twist.Mr Roy explores the different voices and situations in the town with clarity and accuracy. Some of the younger voices sometimes didn't ring true with the dialogue for me, but it would be a minor nitpick in an otherwise involving and enjoyable read. less

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lol

This collection of short stories is not that bad. I believe most people leaving bad reviews probably only leave them because they got this book for school and hate it just because of that. It's not bad at all.

andrea

For saying that this collection of short stories has won two awards, I was left very disappointed.

Jess122578

Australian fiction. Bleak collection of stories about the inhabitants of an unnamed town.

grosales11

Not bad. Sometimes actually quite good.

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