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I Walk Between the Raindrops by T.C. Boyle

speakyourfears's review

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

2.0

kristengilmore84's review

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reflective medium-paced

2.5

gohawks's review

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

eileen_critchley's review

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3.0

***½

{library, hardcover}

xoiaey's review

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adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

gigisbooks's review

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challenging dark slow-paced

2.0

I think I get the point he was trying to make with the stories, but they did nothing but disgust me.

jenjendiggs's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

vanquishingvolumes's review

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3.0

A decent collection of stories, however none super stood out to me or were memorable. Very trendy or timely topics, but for me personally it just didn’t deeply connect. 

corinna_maybe's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

macncheese_pdf's review

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4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Ecco for the e-ARC! I Walk Between The Raindrops is the latest short story collection from T.C. Boyle (also known as Thomas Coraghessan Boyle). I had not read any previous works by Boyle before checking this out but have heard from many reviews that he is a master of the short story format. Some reviews I had seen from people who have read more from his works claimed that this was one of his lesser quality works which makes me more inclined to check out his other stories as I enjoyed this a lot. As always with any short story collection, it is extremely rare to come by enjoying every single story, but I was greatly entertained by a lot of these. My favorites had strong satirical and dystopian themes. Asleep at the Wheel tells of a self driving car that is free of charge but at the cost of annoying marketing ads to try and take you to somewhere you would spend money and AI police robots that pester the homeless population. Scs 750 describes a new type of credit score that keeps track of all of your movements including decent human behavior. What’s Love Got To Do With It? shows a woman on a train bothered in conversation by a self proclaimed incel. The Thirteenth Day, a story based on true events of the cruise ship that was stuck aboard at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Overall, very well written with good range
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