A review by bundy23
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

4.0

This regularly pops up on a lot of "Best Books of the 20th Century" or "100 Books to read before you die" lists and I 100% see why BUT, and I can't believe I'm actually typing this, BUT it's just too fucking miserable. Everyone, absolutely everyone, is so sad and miserable. I don't think there was one single moment of joy expressed by anyone in the entire book so even for a sad old troll like me that was just too much misery. That said, it is brilliantly written and it's held up incredibly well for a 100-year-old book but you should maybe just read a story every couple of days and it might be easier to take.