Seth Johnson
Autor de The Things We Do for Women
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Ocupaciones
- game designer
copywriter
editor
writer
Miembros
Reseñas
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.Seth Johnson's collection of short stories is a quick, contemplative exploration of the internal shortcomings we leave hidden. At times bordering on the cliche, but nevertheless all too real, the characters and their situations revolve around the fissures and emptiness within our own lives. The loosely interconnected narratives are quiet, detailing the inner struggles of the characters as they mine their memories and search for reasoning as to why they're present situations. The tonality is dark, somewhat cynical, and ultimately terse. Johnson chronicles these people's lives with beauty and sadness, yet never attempts toward a resolution. My largest criticism is that despite the characters appearing in multiple stories or as POVs, their personalities and nuances are never truly explored. They operate more as stand-ins for ourselves or loose stereotypes of people we undoubtedly know.… (más)
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.I struggled to read this book, but did finish all of the short stories. In general, I just didn’t enjoy it. I had difficulty keeping the recurring and connected characters straight, often realizing in the middle of a story that I was not reading about the character I thought. I’m used to short stories in this kind of format having open-endings, but many of these stories just felt stifled. There is good in the book, but not enough for me.
Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.I had to force myself to read the first few stories of this collection. The writing was poor, contrived and predictable and unfortunately I put it down because I couldn't force myself to read any more of it after the first few stories.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- También por
- 5
- Miembros
- 51
- Popularidad
- #311,767
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 9
- ISBNs
- 6
As a "human being" it is difficult to fully hate characters whom one happens to resemble, so as far as mimesis goes, this book works.