A review by teodora_paslaru
Burning Bright by Ron Rash
3.0
I like the writing style of this author a lot. He had a way of making you connect with his characters. So, where was the problem and why isn't this book one of my favorites?
Well, I guess I just don't like short stories. Especially those, which seemed unfinished, somehow. Because this author is talented you start falling for his characters, you like them, you worry about them. And then the story is over and you start wandering what happened to them after the passage described in the story. Did they turn out all right in the end? You just don’t know it. To me, all this stories look more like an exercise, one done right, but still an exercise. They are just not for me.
My favorites of these stories were Dead Confederates, because it has an ending that tells you for sure that the main character will be all right. Well, not actually for sure, but surer than any other story. I also liked a lot Waiting for the End of the World, because of the music references and the way the bar life is described. I think I liked it even better than the first one. This story alone would get 5 stars.
Well, I guess I just don't like short stories. Especially those, which seemed unfinished, somehow. Because this author is talented you start falling for his characters, you like them, you worry about them. And then the story is over and you start wandering what happened to them after the passage described in the story. Did they turn out all right in the end? You just don’t know it. To me, all this stories look more like an exercise, one done right, but still an exercise. They are just not for me.
My favorites of these stories were Dead Confederates, because it has an ending that tells you for sure that the main character will be all right. Well, not actually for sure, but surer than any other story. I also liked a lot Waiting for the End of the World, because of the music references and the way the bar life is described. I think I liked it even better than the first one. This story alone would get 5 stars.