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A review by thebobsphere
Male Tears by Benjamin Myers
3.0
more like a 3.5
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I am a big fan of Ben Myers novels and I was secretly hoping that his first short story collection would scale those heights. Do not get me wrong there are some pieces here that are fantastic and up to the standard of his books. My personal favourites were The Folk Song Singer and The Whip Hand. The rest are solid but those two stories floored me.
If you are a Ben Myers completist do get this. if you're beginning to get into his work, this has a lot of themes you'll see in his novels but remember it's the contained version, while believe he expresses himself better in the longer story format. It's still pretty good in places.
This review will not be on the blog
I am a big fan of Ben Myers novels and I was secretly hoping that his first short story collection would scale those heights. Do not get me wrong there are some pieces here that are fantastic and up to the standard of his books. My personal favourites were The Folk Song Singer and The Whip Hand. The rest are solid but those two stories floored me.
If you are a Ben Myers completist do get this. if you're beginning to get into his work, this has a lot of themes you'll see in his novels but remember it's the contained version, while believe he expresses himself better in the longer story format. It's still pretty good in places.