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bakrafty1's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
So many people I know love Flannery O’Connor but I had to force myself to finish reading the whole book. It was painful to read so much racism that was in its time the norm. But also the poor treatment of those with disabilities. Not a book for me to recommend.
lala78's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
cristi_cirdei's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
taylorklong's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, so, technically I didn't get through this entire book, but we read about 3/4 of the stories for my IB english class. Her style and subject matter isn't for everyone, and can take a bit of getting used to. After reading a handful of stories, though, I was bewitched by her darkness and imagery. The last scene in "Revelations," the longest but one of the best stories in this collection, is forever burned upon my brain.
One of the things I like most about her is the way she finishes each story. There really is no denouement - just a climax and a dropping point. This is not a slow, gradual descent like going down a hill, this is someone jumping off a cliff. She sucker punches you, and then it's over.
It's a thick book full of short stories, most of which take place in the south, so it just screams summer reading to me.
One of the things I like most about her is the way she finishes each story. There really is no denouement - just a climax and a dropping point. This is not a slow, gradual descent like going down a hill, this is someone jumping off a cliff. She sucker punches you, and then it's over.
It's a thick book full of short stories, most of which take place in the south, so it just screams summer reading to me.
sourjane's review against another edition
5.0
Ms O'Connor managed to write about the mid-century American South in ways both hilarious and horrifying. Her prose is poetic, yet grounded. Her characters are sincerely and masterfully written. It is tragic that her cannon isn't as full as it could have been. Her premature death deprived the world of the work she would have produced if she hadn't fallen ill.
alrri's review against another edition
3.0
En la reseña de uno de mis amigos de Goodreads, mencionó notablemente que "Otra hubiese sido la calificación si hubiese sido una selección de las obras de Flannery O'Connor en vez de las obras completas de Flannery O'Connor"
No soy tan buena, ni introspectiva a la hora de escribir una reseña, por eso me he apoyado en dicha frase. Si bien, hay historias fantásticas, que te dejan en vilo por lo crueles y despiadadas que son, Flannery O'Connor no experimenta demasiado en el tipo de historia que escribe, su temática es exageradamente cíclica, incluso te hace pensar por un rato que O'Connor debió ser la típica supremacista blanca sureña, pero luego vez que su cuchillo los corta a todos con el mismo filo. Blancos, negros, mujeres. No importa el individuo, solo el mal innato en cada ser humano.
No soy tan buena, ni introspectiva a la hora de escribir una reseña, por eso me he apoyado en dicha frase. Si bien, hay historias fantásticas, que te dejan en vilo por lo crueles y despiadadas que son, Flannery O'Connor no experimenta demasiado en el tipo de historia que escribe, su temática es exageradamente cíclica, incluso te hace pensar por un rato que O'Connor debió ser la típica supremacista blanca sureña, pero luego vez que su cuchillo los corta a todos con el mismo filo. Blancos, negros, mujeres. No importa el individuo, solo el mal innato en cada ser humano.
j_laws_tagg's review against another edition
5.0
Hardly a story that misses the mark. O’Connor has an amazing voice and loves to write protagonists that think they know more and see the world more clearly than they actually do. Funny, shocking, and incisively aware of all of man’s foibles.
cbollinger43's review against another edition
4.0
Only read a couple of these but I loved them. They were so dark and intense and yet somewhat funny and just so insightful. Definitely hoping to read more of her short stories in the future because of how much I enjoyed the ones I read in here.
mollyzor's review against another edition
2.0
When I was in high school I read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and I loved it. Unfortunately, although well-written, I didn't love O'Connor's other stories. There were so many that I finished thinking, "what the heck just happened?" or "what was the purpose of that?" As such, it took me forever to read this. I can't even count the number of times I had to recheck this one out.
If you're a big fan of short stories go for it, but otherwise you can skip it.
If you're a big fan of short stories go for it, but otherwise you can skip it.