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I very much liked several of the early stories in this collection, but then it sort of flat-lined for me, and I had to make myself push through the rest of it. ( )
This was an especially excellent selection of stories. Impressionistically feels like the best one I've read. Good range, all very touching, interesting, moving. beautifully written. Something for everyone? ( )
I was surprised by how many of these stories I didn't like. Mostly they seemed inert. Predictable. Overly familiar. Varied by still very much of a type. I liked "Audition" and "Letter of Apology," "Omokase," and "They Told Us Not to Say This," but even ones that seemed promising didn't go anywhere effective. ( )
A varied, diverse collection, spanning authors and stories related to color, gender, age, nature, nurture, and general life craziness. I haven't read these collections before, but they are a good indicator of the pulse of fiction writing in stories, and a helpful list of literary journals that publish stories that appear in this anthology. ( )
More than one story wasn’t exceptional. There's some exceptional work here, but there is also dissatisfying work. In my opinion that’s not fair to “American” short story writers. I seriously thought I was getting the “The Best American Short Stories of 2019” and I truthfully think one story only in the collection fits that description.
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