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A review by lake
Dead Girls and Other Stories by Emily Geminder
2.0
2.5? 2.75?
When I found this book at my library, I was pleasantly surprised. The title was interesting, I like to support new authors, and I love short story collections (which I don't feel that I see many of nowadays).
I will say that there was obvious effort put into "Dead Girls." There was a lot of research done here: quotes, works reminiscent of each other, winding timelines and much to keep track of.
However, having death feature so often in each story made the book grow monotonous. In the literary world, death is best when it's shocking, when it hurts. And maybe I wasn't expecting what should have been expected from a book literally titled "Dead Girls and Other Stories" but. It just all melded together.
I'm also into stories about ghosts, but now I might have to rescind that. There were times that ghosts were mentioned so often that the word "ghost" stopped becoming a word.
I found Geminder's writing style repetitive and heavyhanded. There were many statements that seemed as though they were trying to mean something, but fell short to me.
There was a lot of effort put into this book, though, and I kinda feel bad about writing this review. "Your Village Has Been Bombed" was my favourite story. I wouldn't recommend this book, but I'm sure some will enjoy it.
When I found this book at my library, I was pleasantly surprised. The title was interesting, I like to support new authors, and I love short story collections (which I don't feel that I see many of nowadays).
I will say that there was obvious effort put into "Dead Girls." There was a lot of research done here: quotes, works reminiscent of each other, winding timelines and much to keep track of.
However, having death feature so often in each story made the book grow monotonous. In the literary world, death is best when it's shocking, when it hurts. And maybe I wasn't expecting what should have been expected from a book literally titled "Dead Girls and Other Stories" but. It just all melded together.
I'm also into stories about ghosts, but now I might have to rescind that. There were times that ghosts were mentioned so often that the word "ghost" stopped becoming a word.
I found Geminder's writing style repetitive and heavyhanded. There were many statements that seemed as though they were trying to mean something, but fell short to me.
There was a lot of effort put into this book, though, and I kinda feel bad about writing this review. "Your Village Has Been Bombed" was my favourite story. I wouldn't recommend this book, but I'm sure some will enjoy it.