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Seth Johnson

Auteur de The Things We Do for Women

9+ oeuvres 51 utilisateurs 9 critiques

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000) — Introduction — 335 exemplaires
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection (1997) — Contributeur — 285 exemplaires
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection (1999) — Contributeur — 266 exemplaires
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001) — Contributeur — 249 exemplaires
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection (1998) — Contributeur — 241 exemplaires

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Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieux de résidence
Seattle, Washington, USA
Professions
game designer
copywriter
editor
writer

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Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
Some of the stories were okay, most sounded like stuff you hear in a crowded barroom on a night when the only two girls in the place are waiting in the corner for a cab to take them someplace else.

As a "human being" it is difficult to fully hate characters whom one happens to resemble, so as far as mimesis goes, this book works.
 
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synecdouche | 8 autres critiques | Mar 30, 2015 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
Seth Johnson's collection of short stories is a quick, contemplative exploration of the internal shortcomings we leave hidden. At times bordering on the cliche, but nevertheless all too real, the characters and their situations revolve around the fissures and emptiness within our own lives. The loosely interconnected narratives are quiet, detailing the inner struggles of the characters as they mine their memories and search for reasoning as to why they're present situations. The tonality is dark, somewhat cynical, and ultimately terse. Johnson chronicles these people's lives with beauty and sadness, yet never attempts toward a resolution. My largest criticism is that despite the characters appearing in multiple stories or as POVs, their personalities and nuances are never truly explored. They operate more as stand-ins for ourselves or loose stereotypes of people we undoubtedly know.… (plus d'informations)
 
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micahcash | 8 autres critiques | May 27, 2014 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
I struggled to read this book, but did finish all of the short stories. In general, I just didn’t enjoy it. I had difficulty keeping the recurring and connected characters straight, often realizing in the middle of a story that I was not reading about the character I thought. I’m used to short stories in this kind of format having open-endings, but many of these stories just felt stifled. There is good in the book, but not enough for me.
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stephivist | 8 autres critiques | May 6, 2014 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
I had to force myself to read the first few stories of this collection. The writing was poor, contrived and predictable and unfortunately I put it down because I couldn't force myself to read any more of it after the first few stories.
 
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ShadowCandy | 8 autres critiques | Nov 18, 2013 |

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Œuvres
9
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5
Membres
51
Popularité
#311,767
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
9
ISBN
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