Thank you to the publisher for a copy.

As usual, Laird Hunt delivers a quintessential Hoosier story, this time as a short story collection set in the same town as Zorrie. These stories all take place in one day and each one follows one person. 

This small town is the quintessential small, Indiana town and each person reminds me of people I’ve come across around the state. However, some of the stories came across as caricatures of Midwestern. Hunt may be from Indiana, but some characters came across as if they were written by someone making fun of Indiana (which I know is easy).

Admittedly the dream sequence at the end really lost me. While it made sense as the ending to the collection, it was a little too out there for me. 

Additionally, it would’ve been nice to hear from Zorrie as well. 

Overall I’d recommend this to anyone that enjoyed Zorrie, but don’t read it if you haven’t read Zorrie.