A review by dilan11
Nobody Ever Gets Lost by Jess Row

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

3.0

Interesting collection. Row does not hesitate to tackle topics that more "politically correct" writers wouldn't go near and I like that. There are a few stories ("The World in Flames", "The Call of Blood") that have strange unpredictable twists in the plot that I thought were overdone, almost as if we were in some type of blockbuster movie that needs to end dramatically. Best stories were "Nobody Ever Gets Lost" and "Sheep May Safely Graze" but all the stories had beautiful openings and drew me in.
On second reading, I would still give it 3 stars but I find I was less interested in the characters, less emotionally involved. I wonder if perhaps it is because not only are we now 20 years from 9/11 but we are facing so much moire catastrophe - an ever mutating virus that isolates us, climate changes that is worse and more rapid than we ever imagined, etc.