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"All I'm trying to say is, even in small ways, doesn't one person always have more power than another?"
Going into this collection, I had no idea what I was in for. This is a collection of several short stories and a longer novella. I thought all of the pieces were connected and for the first portion of the book, I was deeply confused about what it was I was reading. Once it was explained to me how the book was laid out, I was able to focus better on the different pieces of this collection and se ...more
Going into this collection, I had no idea what I was in for. This is a collection of several short stories and a longer novella. I thought all of the pieces were connected and for the first portion of the book, I was deeply confused about what it was I was reading. Once it was explained to me how the book was laid out, I was able to focus better on the different pieces of this collection and se ...more
Maybe more like 3.5 but I rounded up. I really enjoyed the short stories at the start of this, and then the titular short story was meh for me. Johnson has a really fascinating writing style, though. I love the way she describes the world around her characters. This was definitely an easy enough read and probably worth it for the first short stories and just the beautiful prose.
