A review by kinta
She Is Haunted, by Paige Clark
wouldn’t usually go towards short stories but i heard about this on my favourite podcast. all in all an amazing debut and i am very excited to see what clark does next!
i loved this book. paige clark’s collection of short stories made me laugh, cringe, cry and sometimes confused.
although i know very little about clark besides her american/chinese/australian heritage, these stories felt very personal. i love how she utilises her knowledge of all of these cultures and places to craft these vastly different tales.
this book communicated so many different perspectives from many different points in life - mourning, aging, coming-of-age and retirement (to name a few of many). however my favourite was ordinariness (something i am always craving in fiction).
this was also my first time reading some post-pandemic fiction! and i didn’t hate it. i always thought it would be something that made me cringe, but honestly it felt normal.
the thing that really brought this book home for me was clark’s nuanced representation of race and what it means to be a multicultural world. it provided me with perspectives i’m not sure i would have ever understood if i didn’t read it. although some stories ended abruptly and some dragged on, i think that is the nature of short stories.
i loved this book. paige clark’s collection of short stories made me laugh, cringe, cry and sometimes confused.
although i know very little about clark besides her american/chinese/australian heritage, these stories felt very personal. i love how she utilises her knowledge of all of these cultures and places to craft these vastly different tales.
this book communicated so many different perspectives from many different points in life - mourning, aging, coming-of-age and retirement (to name a few of many). however my favourite was ordinariness (something i am always craving in fiction).
this was also my first time reading some post-pandemic fiction! and i didn’t hate it. i always thought it would be something that made me cringe, but honestly it felt normal.
the thing that really brought this book home for me was clark’s nuanced representation of race and what it means to be a multicultural world. it provided me with perspectives i’m not sure i would have ever understood if i didn’t read it. although some stories ended abruptly and some dragged on, i think that is the nature of short stories.