Reviews

Murder in the Dark by Margaret Atwood

eososray's review against another edition

3.0

Quite a few of these stories I have already read in [b:Good Bones and Simple Murders|47126|Good Bones and Simple Murders|Margaret Atwood|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389079922s/47126.jpg|3099], all of the best ones in fact, such as Simmering and Happy Endings.

j_lepper's review against another edition

5.0

At times ethereal and melancholy, Atwood’s thought provoking short stories and poems create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader and elicit strong emotions from within. This series’ works provides a scathing view of humanity, with unrestrained critique.

janessaalexis's review against another edition

3.0

Some were okay, others were better, few were great.

hollyko's review

dark reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

rachelkmclaugh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

porge_grewe's review against another edition

4.0

A solid collection of (very) short stories/prose poems split into five sections along various themes. Atwood uses rhythm, allusion, and the careful portioning out of information to excellent effect throughout, but especially in the first and last sections. Her work connected most when it was dealing with the issues in these two sections: cruelty, age and youthful expectations, sex, and gender, all treated with, by turn, detached interest and deep sympathy. The power of the prose diminished a bit in the second section, the only section to contain just one story, and one which came across as somewhat unfocused. Otherwise, thoroughly recommended.

jedisuckerpunch's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

2.0

 this was perhaps the shortest book but also the hardest book i've read. the writing, the parts where i understood the few bits of what margaret atwood was perhaps talking about, the writing in those parts was just exquisite. clever, clever writing. but otherwise, most of this book went right over my head. 

aoife777's review against another edition

5.0

“women’s novels leave out parts of the men as well. sometimes it’s the stretch between the belly button and the knees, sometimes it’s the sense of humor.”

cal_jessamine's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

leahryan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0