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The Best American Short Stories 2010 (The Best American Series (2010)

by Richard Russo(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0547055323 (ISBN13: 9780547055329)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Mariner Books

review 1: The Best American Short Stories series is for better or worse directed towards a certain type of reader. The stories contained in the 2010 collection skew decisively towards those readers who enjoy literary fiction over genre based fiction. By the same hand, I can’t say that readers of literary fiction will fall head over heels in love with this collection either. As a reader, I personally am looking for an emotional experience that sticks with me, even after I’ve put the book aside and most of the stories contained within this collection failed that test. With that said, if readers are in to vivid descriptions and flowery prose than they should check this out. Just wasn’t for me.
review 2: I thought this collection would be worth the read, but it really ... morewasn't. Some stories are OK. They can pull you in, but some stories crumble halfway through. After I read the first story, Steve Almond's "Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched", I thought the stories would get better, but they didn't, except for a few. Two stories I really liked was "The Laugh" by Tea Obreht and "The Cowboy Tango" by Maggie Shipstead. One story I particularly disliked (and ended up skipping) was Jim Shepard's "The Netherlands Lives with Water". It was too dry and dealt too much with a specialized area for me to really connect with the story or the characters. less

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