This was a pretty large bummer for me because I absolutely ( )

Short story collections often have a few good stories and a few meh stories. I didn't really see any meh in this one. Some I liked more than others, but every story had sufficiently worthwhile darkness or lyricism or humor or strangeness (sometimes all of these things together) that I marveled at Hunt's creativity and consistency. I've liked all of her work that I've read so far, but this one's a real stand-out. ( )

I enjoyed this collection overall. My favorites were “Beast”, “The House Began to Pitch”, “A Love Story”, and “The Story Of”. ( )

This collection is a banger. ( )

A small collection of stories that starts out too literary to quite be sff and winds up too weird to be properly literary. Enjoyable, though somewhat too focused on sex and motherhood for my personal tastes; my favorite was A Love Story. ( )