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Babe in Paradise: Fiction

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The joy of reading Marisa Silver's short stories comes from never knowing what the next one will bring. She reminds me of a brilliant wizard, always conjuring up little surprises and NEVER resorting to the cliche. My suggestion is to read one story a day. You will feel like you have treated yourself to a nice surprise at the end of the day - but be forewarned. When you turn the last page, you will be sad that the journey is over.

I thought I was getting thought provoking, creative stories centered on Los Angeles's underbelly with this book. The stories are rather disjointed at times and appear not to have any purpose at all. The characters are well developed and they were strikingly real and compelling at times, but the uneven writing sort of made them loose their sparkle. Out of the nine stories, only "Gunsmoke" and "Two Criminals" somewhat captured me. The others didn't do it for me. If you are a lover of short stories like I am, you'd want to see whether or not this one is a hit or a miss. To me, Babe in Paradise was a miss...

I absolutely loved this book and everything this bright new author has written. She is a marvelous writer with a fresh voice. I especially loved her novel, "The God of Wars". If you enjoy Richard Russo, Roxanna Robinson or Wally Lamb, this is the book and the author for you.

I rated this seller earlier and did so not knowing that the item had shipped and arrived while I was out of town. All is well