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This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (2012)

by Jon McGregor(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1408809265 (ISBN13: 9781408809266)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury UK

review 1: I have loved all of Jon McGregor's other novels - but this one was not for me sadly. Never been a huge fan of short stories and just didn't really get these. I thought they may be linked but could draw no relationships other than the locations. Many of them finished without an ending - I know you are meant to interpret your own ending but it just made me frustrated. A couple were OK and kept me reading more avidly but there were many I just didn't understand :-(
review 2: The most unique collection of short stories I have read so far. I'm not even sure some of them could be termed as such. His voice is simple yet intriguing at times; the way he describes everything is so beautiful, some so dreamy and yet matter-of-fact. He brings out feeling in the subtlest of ... moreways. However in some of them I wasn't sure what was going on. Is there a theme in this collection which ties everything or at least some of these stories together? I get the feeling there is but I can't make out what or how - this is my first time reading it. Maybe it comes with frequent browsing and scrutinizing. less

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