Monday, June 4, 2018

Book Review - You Think It, I'll Say It


Curtis Sittenfield hit the world with Prep, American Wife, and Eligible. Now her short story collection brings to life modern day characters with interesting flaws.

Cover blurb – Throughout the ten stories in You Think It, I’ll Say It, Sittenfield upends assumptions about class, relationships, and gender roles in a nation that feels both adrift and viscerally divided. In “The World Has Many Butterflies” married acquaintances play a strangely intimate game with devastating consequences. In “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” a shy Ivy League student learns the truth about a classmate’s seemingly enviable life. And in the “Prairie Wife” a suburban mother of two fantasizes about the downfall of an old friend whose wholesome lifestyle empire may or may not be built on a lie.

I enjoy Curtis Sittenfield’s writing and she is quite deft in striking to the heart of an issue, stroking it with finesse, and completing the full story with grace. Her dialogue is current. Her characters are well developed. From the promise that was Prep, this author has emerged as a strong American writer who commands her art with wit and depth.

11 comments:

  1. It's good to be able to write about life issues like Curtis. On reading one can learn much.
    Good review Joanne.

    Yvonne.

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    1. she is "young" but has tapped into the zeitgeist

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  2. Thanks for the review. This sounds like an interesting collection. I like to read short stories every once in a while when they are well done.

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    1. She is a solid writer. It piqued my interest and delivered

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  3. Wit and depth sure are wins indeed.

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  4. That sounds like a great collection of stories!

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    1. I am personally fascinated and have yet to capture the depth of writing a short story. Maybe some day

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  5. Sounds like a good collection of stories by a talented writer!

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    1. i recommend all of her books, but was happy she branched into the short story

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  6. Sounds good! I'm not familiar with the writer... or at least, I wasn't until I read your review...but if I'd only seen her name, I would've guessed she was a fella.

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