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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Peppy Stuff
John Gould's collection of short short stories is a dazzler. Every one of the pieces is terrific, some because they're thought-provoking, others because they're witty, others because they're belly-laughing funny. See the one about the gay guy who smarts off to a truck driver and wishes he hadn't. I read these one after another and did not find them repetitive. Highly...
Published on November 17, 2004 by andrew
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little off kilter
I applaud Jon Gould's ability to publish a book of short-shorts, and to bring it such critical acclaim. Overall, the quality is a little uneven, but that's true of any collection -- it's just made more noticeable by the fact that there are 55 stories in this slim volume, and thus more fluctuation up and down. Having read this book many months ago, few of the...
Published on July 30, 2004 by Jamie Rosen at work
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Peppy Stuff,
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This review is from: Kilter: 55 Fictions: 55 Fictions (Paperback)
John Gould's collection of short short stories is a dazzler. Every one of the pieces is terrific, some because they're thought-provoking, others because they're witty, others because they're belly-laughing funny. See the one about the gay guy who smarts off to a truck driver and wishes he hadn't. I read these one after another and did not find them repetitive. Highly recommended--you can breeze through any one while sitting in the smallest room in your house. More, John Gould, more!
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little off kilter,
By Jamie Rosen at work (at work) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kilter: 55 Fictions: 55 Fictions (Paperback)
I applaud Jon Gould's ability to publish a book of short-shorts, and to bring it such critical acclaim.
Overall, the quality is a little uneven, but that's true of any collection -- it's just made more noticeable by the fact that there are 55 stories in this slim volume, and thus more fluctuation up and down. Having read this book many months ago, few of the stories continue to stand out in my mind (only one, really, about an entomologist falling in love), and that is ultimately why I could only award this book three stars. If you like the literary short-short, give it a shot; but if your tastes run to longer works, you may be best off looking elsewhere. |
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Kilter: 55 Fictions by John Gould (Paperback - November 1, 2005)
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