Title: Just Trying To Get Through It In One Piece...
Review: ...I am really not enjoying it...I am probably in the minority. Carver's minamalist approach just does not have the kind of eloquence and magic that grabs me. Also, so many of the stories are centered around dysfunctional families, and feature alcaholism, and couples breaking up. Carver is very redundant, both in subject matter and method. I feel like Carver used the same formula for a lot of these stories, then plugged in slighty varying charachters in slighty varying circumstances. I am finding myself asking,"How many times can Carver beat a dead horse??". In short, I find this to be tiresome. Strike that. It is maddening.
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