A review by adamrbrooks
The World to Come: Stories by Jim Shepard

3.0

People who write sad stories tend to write sad stories. But these stories are too uniformly sad. The writing is good and each seems to capture a different voice. Too many of the particulars are the same in each, despite the historical settings. The tale of farm wives broke from that mold, and it was also my favorite of the collection. Not a coincidence.

Read this because I really loved the interview Roger Bennett (of Men in Blazers) did with Shepard.