act_10's review against another edition
3.0
Read my review here!
http://areadersrapture.blogspot.ca/2013/12/too-much-happiness.html
http://areadersrapture.blogspot.ca/2013/12/too-much-happiness.html
larabavery's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
greta_dn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
kandicez's review against another edition
1.0
In these ten stories nothing happens. I mean nothing. I get the feeling Munro was trying to show us the event that made drastic changes in a life. The problem is that, with no exceptions, each event described dealt too personally with internal feelings instead of anything actually happening.
I felt myself growing impatient by the third story, but then the fourth story opens with a mother and father on a picnic in a dangerous area and I thought, "Uh oh. A child is going to die. THIS will be traumatic." Nope. There's an accident, but nothing major and when the characters are revisited decades later it seems Munro is trying to show us the accident that day shaped their lives. What?! I got what she was going for, I just didn't think it made sense. I also didn't care.
I stuck in for the remainder of the stories because I was listening and busy at the same time (and had no other audio at the ready!). It would have felt like less a waste of time listening to the radio.
I felt myself growing impatient by the third story, but then the fourth story opens with a mother and father on a picnic in a dangerous area and I thought, "Uh oh. A child is going to die. THIS will be traumatic." Nope. There's an accident, but nothing major and when the characters are revisited decades later it seems Munro is trying to show us the accident that day shaped their lives. What?! I got what she was going for, I just didn't think it made sense. I also didn't care.
I stuck in for the remainder of the stories because I was listening and busy at the same time (and had no other audio at the ready!). It would have felt like less a waste of time listening to the radio.
otterly's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5