Title: don't believe the hype
Product review: I knew the author in college and enjoyed her fiction for the Harvard Advocate, admittedly against my will.I read this collection hoping that the spark she had shown back then had developed into something more substantial. Unfortunately, "lucky girls" is as unimpressive as she was--mediocre, pretentious, run-of-the-mill with a passably attractive cover.My advice to Nell: Better luck next time (though perhaps her luck has run out--much has been wasted on this overhyped collection). There's talent in there somewhere....but these stories ain't where it is.
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