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Emanet Çocuk ve Böyle Küçük Şeyler’i okumuş biri olarak; evet yazarın Claire Keegan olduğu hissediliyor ama tam olarak bildiğimiz şekilde değil. Her ne kadar öykücülüğü ile tanındığı söylense de benim okuma zevkimin dışında kalan bir kitap olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Sevdiğim öyküler de var içinde evet ama bu kitabı ile yazarı tanımış olsaydım diğer iki kitabını okuyup okumama konusunda kararsız kalırdım.

heffalumpwoozle's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ohnooooo's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

poppysmic's review against another edition

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4.0

My favourite thing about Keegan's writing is that, even though her books are always slim, they aren't at all paltry. She writes with a really enviable precision, where no word is careless and all pack a punch.

In The Guardian review of this collection, Anne Enright writes, "One of the most shocking moments in Amongst Women, by John McGahern, is when someone takes a carton of orange juice out of the fridge. A story that might have been set in the 50s is jerked into the 1980s..." and I had several of these moments reading this collection. The bulk of these stories take place on the rural, windswept hills and cliffs of Ireland, and nature/folklore itself is so deeply entrenched in the stories that many of them have an ancient, ethereal quality. My favourites were the titular story, of a priest mulling a love affair at a wedding, and 'Night of the Quicken Trees', rife with superstition and witchiness.

stewart_monckton's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Another wonderful set of short stories - often tinged with a kind of melancholy.
Recommended. SM

belford4's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

susheela's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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