A review by jamesflint
10 Short Stories You Must Read This Year by Kathy Lette, Peter Temple, Monica McInerney, William McInnes, Melina Marchetta, Thomas Keneally, Anita Heiss, Jack Marx, Toni Jordan, Robert Drewe
1.0
Rep: Chinese-Australian characters
i would be less angry about this rating if there wasn't ONE SINGLE STORY other than marchetta that i liked but as it is i'm pissed off
a view of mount warning by robert drewe ☆
- about a man who lusts after his best friend's wife
- both are disgusting misogynists
- she's so sexualised it's disgusting
- most of what he lusts after is because of her looks and her body ew
hate at first sight by kathy lette ☆☆
- the writing wasn't amazing
- i had a moment of panic that louise would try have an affair with her sister's fiance but thank god he was more sensible than that
- i spent the whole time wanting to shake louise to bring her to her senses but she eventually came to them
life in a hotel room by william mcinnes ☆
- a guy has a doctor stick his hand up his arse and has an epiphany
- that's fucking it i hate adult contemporary lit
elizabeth's news by monica mcinerney ☆
- an old woman writes christmas letters about a made up life
- it's lowkey boring i skimread a lot
ithaca in my mind by peter temple ☆
- arsehole author basically
- i hate stories about completely unlikeable characters they're boring
- i laughed at the end though because he got what he deserved
blackberries by tom keneally ☆
- can we stop with the old (married) teacher lusting after students crap it's gross
- also i'm pretty sure it was horrible and racist at times
twelve minutes by melina marchetta ☆☆☆☆☆
- thank god this was just a section of the piper's son because otherwise i'd have to keep this anthology despite the rubbish i'd sat through to this point
- reading it as a standalone story hurt more than reading the whole damn book istg
manhattan dreaming by anita heiss ☆
- i'm so angry i don't wanna read stories about women who deserve better pining after shithead men wtf
you can change your life by toni jordan ☆☆☆☆
- i'm literally so angry that this story got put in with the other shite ones it's so good
- fake dating!!
- i refuse to keep this shitty book just for this story i'm ANGRY
letter from a drunk to a long gone wife by jack marx ☆
- i will never read anything by this shithead author again
- stop trying to fucking make me feel sorry for an abuser!!!
- they say there is never an excuse for a man hitting a woman, but that's not strictly true. i can think of a few. burn in fucking hell
- not only is he a disgusting abuser, he fucking kills his wife (premeditatedly) and then fakes like she crashed her car!!! and he wants forgiveness for this!!!!
- go fuck yourself basically
i would be less angry about this rating if there wasn't ONE SINGLE STORY other than marchetta that i liked but as it is i'm pissed off
a view of mount warning by robert drewe ☆
- about a man who lusts after his best friend's wife
- both are disgusting misogynists
- she's so sexualised it's disgusting
- most of what he lusts after is because of her looks and her body ew
hate at first sight by kathy lette ☆☆
- the writing wasn't amazing
- i had a moment of panic that louise would try have an affair with her sister's fiance but thank god he was more sensible than that
- i spent the whole time wanting to shake louise to bring her to her senses but she eventually came to them
life in a hotel room by william mcinnes ☆
- a guy has a doctor stick his hand up his arse and has an epiphany
- that's fucking it i hate adult contemporary lit
elizabeth's news by monica mcinerney ☆
- an old woman writes christmas letters about a made up life
- it's lowkey boring i skimread a lot
ithaca in my mind by peter temple ☆
- arsehole author basically
- i hate stories about completely unlikeable characters they're boring
- i laughed at the end though because he got what he deserved
blackberries by tom keneally ☆
- can we stop with the old (married) teacher lusting after students crap it's gross
- also i'm pretty sure it was horrible and racist at times
twelve minutes by melina marchetta ☆☆☆☆☆
- thank god this was just a section of the piper's son because otherwise i'd have to keep this anthology despite the rubbish i'd sat through to this point
- reading it as a standalone story hurt more than reading the whole damn book istg
manhattan dreaming by anita heiss ☆
- i'm so angry i don't wanna read stories about women who deserve better pining after shithead men wtf
you can change your life by toni jordan ☆☆☆☆
- i'm literally so angry that this story got put in with the other shite ones it's so good
- fake dating!!
- i refuse to keep this shitty book just for this story i'm ANGRY
letter from a drunk to a long gone wife by jack marx ☆
- i will never read anything by this shithead author again
- stop trying to fucking make me feel sorry for an abuser!!!
- they say there is never an excuse for a man hitting a woman, but that's not strictly true. i can think of a few. burn in fucking hell
- not only is he a disgusting abuser, he fucking kills his wife (premeditatedly) and then fakes like she crashed her car!!! and he wants forgiveness for this!!!!
- go fuck yourself basically