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The People Who Report More Stress
by Alejandro Varela
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An Other Man - 3
She And Her Kid And Me and Mine - 3
Mid-Town West Side Story - 3.5
All The Bullets Were Made In My Country - 4
-Carlitos In Charge - 4.5
The Great Potato Famine - 4
-The Man In 512 - 4
A Litany Of My Fears - 4
The Six Times Of Alan (And The First Two Hundred Of Eduardo) - 4
Comrades - 4
Grand Openings - 4.5
The People Who Report More Stress - 3
Well written but some of the stories felt as though they cut off in the middle of the plot, but that's just an issue I often have with short stories. I loved Carlitos In Charge, The Great Potato Famine and Grand Openings, the first was a fascinating look at the guts of the UN, I really liked the speaker in the second and the third was a really enjoyable evocation of Atwood. The focus on race, sexuality, domesticity and class was interesting, very fresh. What I liked most of all is the way in which the vast majority of these stories are connected, it makes me want to reread the collection while looking for connections.
She And Her Kid And Me and Mine - 3
Mid-Town West Side Story - 3.5
All The Bullets Were Made In My Country - 4
-Carlitos In Charge - 4.5
The Great Potato Famine - 4
-The Man In 512 - 4
A Litany Of My Fears - 4
The Six Times Of Alan (And The First Two Hundred Of Eduardo) - 4
Comrades - 4
Grand Openings - 4.5
The People Who Report More Stress - 3
Well written but some of the stories felt as though they cut off in the middle of the plot, but that's just an issue I often have with short stories. I loved Carlitos In Charge, The Great Potato Famine and Grand Openings, the first was a fascinating look at the guts of the UN, I really liked the speaker in the second and the third was a really enjoyable evocation of Atwood. The focus on race, sexuality, domesticity and class was interesting, very fresh. What I liked most of all is the way in which the vast majority of these stories are connected, it makes me want to reread the collection while looking for connections.