A review by maccymacd
A Bit on the Side by William Trevor

2.0

I apologise to anyone who is a William Trevor fan profusely! But maybe I wasn't in the right mood for his short stories. I know he is very popular and many people rave about how beautiful and thought-provoking his stories are, but I just found my mind wandering by the time I got just over half way. I just found them too slow. This isn't in any way a criticism on William Trevor - I can see why his writing is so revered, I think it was more that I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read the stories, and instead of stopping, I ploughed on ahead which then gave the impression of being forced to continue reading and was therefore not as enjoyable. I am not put off his writing however, and might decide to pick up one of his novels at a later date - maybe the short stories weren't for me.