Title: Tenth of December
Author: George Saunders
Genre: Short Stories
Pages: 288
Rating (out of 5 stars): ***1/2
Reviewed by: Ben
Description: A collection of short stories, ranging from odd dystopian futuristic worlds to stories of teenagers in suburbia.
Thoughts: This book is really hard to rate. Some of the stories are worth five stars, and some are only one or two. As a collection, I have to say that they are brilliant, well-written, and the work of a truly great writer. But that doesn't mean that I necessarily enjoyed them all. Many of the stories are dark and morbid, and most do not have much hope in them at all. But I do feel like I learned something from each one, and there were a few that really hit me hard. I especially liked the final story, "Tenth of December," from which the book gets its title. Overall, the book was moving, but is probably not for everyone. However, if you like modern fiction and think you might be interested, I bet you would love the book.
Disclaimer: There is quite a bit of inappropriate content in this one. I can't recall exactly which ones were fully clean, but if I were reading it again I would skip "Escape from Spiderhead" for sure.
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