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Blue in Chicago: And Other Stories by Bette Howland

jmullins21's review

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challenging reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

Really good but I felt stupid at some times while reading it because of the language. It took me 3x as long to read as other books that length. 

bundy23's review

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DNF. 18%. The writing was great, like a beautifully written memoir, then there'd be a weird dream-like bit that I just didn't get or understand why it was there. In the end it just wasn't for me.

nathansnook's review

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3.0

Mostly vignettes that make playgrounds out of wordplay, that obsess over the little details that make up a character, that make up Chicago.

Not much goes on in the stories, but so much is to be seen and heard, so much to pull out of a city.

My favorite is Power Failure. About a mother and dreams of her children, dreams that warp and shape who they are and her current reality.

For those who don’t mind getting a bit lost in scenes, in meandering thoughts and observations. For those who enjoy the likes of Renata Adler, Lucia Berlin, and Claire-Louise Bennet.