Reviews

Liberation Day: Stories by George Saunders

creaz's review

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ncteisen's review

5.0

George Saunders just doesn't miss. Excellent collection of stories.

Personal favorite was My House, but all of them were creative, profound, insane, funny, etc etc etc. You know, the usual Saunders stuff.

Some stories contained echoes of his earlier works (Liberation Day -> The Semplica-Girl Diaries and Ghoul -> Pastoralia), but all managed to inject enough new-ness that they didn't feel derivative at all.

sophia02's review

3.75

I enjoyed this thought-provoking collection. Every story had a unique voice and explored an interesting setting or person. Even though I didn't love every story, I could still see the value and reason behind all of them. 

Individual story ratings:

Liberation day: 4 stars
The mom of bold action: 2.5 stars
Love letter: 3
A thing at work: 4
Sparrow: 4.5
Ghoul: 4
Mother‘s day: 3.5
Elliot Spencer: 4
My house: 3

klop's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

stumpnugget's review against another edition

5.0

Even better than 10th of December, in my opinion.

alliedavis's review

reflective medium-paced

4.25

jpiacentini's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

nicolepiacentini's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

megosler's review

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

George Saunders the genius you are 🫶

brookshrich's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0