My attention span is struggling as of late, so although I don't consider myself a reader of short stories, this seemed like a brilliant pick for me.

I really really wanted to like it. But I just didn't get it. Had this been a full length book I definitely would have given up before I'd even made it halfway. The saving grace of this book was that despite the constant lack of engagement with each story, I still desperately thought that "maybe this next one will be the one."

I guess the genre could be described as dark comedy. And in fairness, I did occasionally respond to said comedy and I really found myself laughing. But not that often.

I couldn't connect on any level with the characters. I felt that I should have. I got the feeling I was similar in age to them (early 30s). But I just didn't like them. That could have been because we had such few pages to get to know them.

The stories finished abruptly and I found myself having to re-read parts as I wasn't entirely sure what I'd just read.

Overall, I kind of found this one a confusing read that I really struggled to enjoy. Having said that, I still insisted on following through to the end and finishing it so it can't have been THAT bad. Could it?