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The Weddings
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Meh. Not feeling the love...
The star of this short story is a 42-year-old gay Korean-American man named Jack. He and his boyfriend go to a straight wedding. Jack is all in a tizzy about his secret, long-ago relationship with the groom. Scrambled-up emotions galore.
The story for sure is well-written, but I was bored and didn’t connect with Jack. I’m an outlier, but what can I say? Only that I looked at the “percentage read� at the bottom of my Kindle page way too often.
This is one of five short stories in Amazon’s 2019 Inheritance Collection, a pretty cool Kindle series. The other stories are: The Lion's Den, Zenith Man, Everything My Mother Taught Me, and Can You Feel This? (my favorite). Most of the writers are well-known.
I’ve read all five; The Weddings is my least favorite. The stories are cheap and available on Kindle--$1.99! They also are available as audio.
Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a copy.
The star of this short story is a 42-year-old gay Korean-American man named Jack. He and his boyfriend go to a straight wedding. Jack is all in a tizzy about his secret, long-ago relationship with the groom. Scrambled-up emotions galore.
The story for sure is well-written, but I was bored and didn’t connect with Jack. I’m an outlier, but what can I say? Only that I looked at the “percentage read� at the bottom of my Kindle page way too often.
This is one of five short stories in Amazon’s 2019 Inheritance Collection, a pretty cool Kindle series. The other stories are: The Lion's Den, Zenith Man, Everything My Mother Taught Me, and Can You Feel This? (my favorite). Most of the writers are well-known.
I’ve read all five; The Weddings is my least favorite. The stories are cheap and available on Kindle--$1.99! They also are available as audio.
Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a copy.
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Reading Progress
November 22, 2019
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November 26, 2019
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netgalley
November 26, 2019
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lgbtq
August 25, 2020
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Started Reading
August 26, 2020
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Finished Reading
August 27, 2020
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September 22, 2024
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Aug 29, 2020 03:19PM
Glad it was just a short story.
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Well, at least you didn't have to pay for it and it was only a short story instead of a book so you didn't have to waste much time. I know the feeling of checking percentage read often!
Jenna wrote: "Well, at least you didn't have to pay for it and it was only a short story instead of a book so you didn't have to waste much time. I know the feeling of checking percentage read often!"I know, I hate it when I end up looking at the percentage read a lot! It really wasn't a bad story; just a meh. The writing was decent. Yep, a freebie and short--making it less painful!
We concur. I didn't feel it either.
Bianca wrote: "We concur. I didn't feel it either."Glad I’m not alone in the meh club!
JanB wrote: "At least it was short...."You’ve got that right!
Excellent review Debbie, I agree with you - this was the weakest one for me in this collection, too. There just wasn't much of anything that made it memorable, and a wedding just wasn't enough to make it a memorable event for me.
Cheri wrote: "Excellent review Debbie, I agree with you - this was the weakest one for me in this collection, too. There just wasn't much of anything that made it memorable, and a wedding just wasn't enough to m..."Thanks, Cheri! Glad that I have company. I realized while reading this that I don't like wedding and funeral settings--too much pomp and circumstance. So the fact that this all took place at weddings was a negative.
Checking the progress indicator is usually not a good sign, Debbie.Looking forward to your next pogo stick review.
Kevin wrote: "Checking the progress indicator is usually not a good sign, Debbie.Looking forward to your next pogo stick review."
I’ve been all a bouncy-bouncy for days!! Just finished a collection of short stories, called Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories by that genius man Wilson. I just wrote him and asked if he’d hire me as a fill-in granny! (Ha! Not really, of course, but I was brave in my review, lol). I know you’re not reading anything these days, but oh, maybe a short story from this collection right before nighty-night?
Debbie wrote: "I know you’re not reading anything these days, but oh, maybe a short story from this collection right before nighty-night?..."
Hi, Debbie. After (currently) spending ten hours writing each day, much of it spent on research, the very last thing I would wish to do is read a book! : (
My brain is like blancmange by the time I unshackle myself from my computer desk and vegging out in front of the TV is a much better proposition. : )
I shall check out your Tunneling to the Centre of the Earth review though!
