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kokyorsi's review
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
yes_butmakeitscifi's review against another edition
3.0
About half of the stories were really great.
terrybuck's review against another edition
3.0
There are some very good stories within. I enjoyed all but one.
jkatz2125's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Fun and broad collection of short stories from many authors. Enjoyed!
cewilson's review against another edition
3.0
A really disappointing and uneven collection of short fiction, the unifying theme of which is "Written By Nick Hornby's Friends". There were only a handful of stories that had any resonance at all and only one that I still remember - "Last Requests" by Giles Smith, about the woman who cooks the last meals for Death Row prisoners. This lead to my short-lived obsession with the Texas Death Row website. I'd read the last meal requests and feel, achingly, the realness and humanity of the inmates, then click to see what it was they did to wind up on death row and feel destroyed. It was a pretty sick hobby. But a damned good idea for a short story. Otherwise this book is pretty useless.
scorebecca's review against another edition
3.0
Short stories aren't usually my jam, but some of these are very entertaining/touching. The rest, not so much. If nothing else, I learned that I can puzzle through Irvine Welsh's dialect better than I did 10 years ago, so I should probably try Trainspotting again.
byhwdy1's review against another edition
Loved some of the stories in this collection. Can't remember right now which ones. But I wanted to read one aloud to my husband (I didn't, but I wanted to).
rebeccajay's review against another edition
5.0
Great collection of short stories by some of my favorite British authors!