Fun with Problems: Stories Audiobook

" Good writing, interesting short stories, some good, some just ok. "

" Not Fun with problems would be a better titile for these people and their constent problems for which apparently their are no remedies. My suggestion fix is to skip these "Not Fun" yet very trying tales. 1 of 10 stars "

" Uh, sucked. "

" "It's a fallen world, is it not? We carry love in earthen vessels." "

" Great collection of very short, regular short and almost novella-length stories. Stone is at his best in "High Wire," a Los Angeles-in-the-80s story. "

" I really struggle with short stories but enjoyed this volume a lot. Stone is dark and his stories are dark--and very well written. I particularly liked Honeymoon and High Wire but disliked The Wine-Dark Sea. Recommended. "

" Stories about addiction, set mostly in California. The characters got old for me fairly quickly, though I did enjoy a few of the stories. "

" You won't miss anything if you don't read it. Some parts are good, some are not as OK. "

" just started but love the title "

" I found the writing style dry and unappealing. "

" Dense fast moving prose yet an endless repeat of self destructive characters. "

" Taut and violent on a molecular level, these stories examine humans at their best and worst. Humans being themselves. Some great pieces here, recommended if you enjoy Joyce Carol Oates' more sparsely-decorated style. "

" best writing, best characters, people always doing the most unexpected things, scary insights "

" I don't mind "dark tales" and usually love short story collections, but it was hard for me to want to finish most of the stories in this collection. A few were good, most were forgettable. "

" A good collection of short stories. Some better than others, but all were worth reading. Stone is a very under appreciated writer. "

" I'm still hungover from Stone's latest story collection. It took me about four attempts to get into the title story, but once I got past that, the remaining stories were lively and pleasantly uncomfortable - full of messy drunks causing messes. "

" Men behaving badly, and the women who enable them. "

" A collection of (too few) short stories by a master of the form, some very very good, some not as good, but all-in-all a very interesting read. "

" "It's a fallen world, is it not? We carry love in earthen vessels." "

" There's a little too much manly man going on in here for me, but Robert Stone has a commanding writing style and an almost bohemian perspective. Nothing really stuck with me, though I did enjoy Charm City. "

" best writing, best characters, people always doing the most unexpected things, scary insights "

" Stone is the dark chronicler of what happens when the craven appetites of the stoned intersect with the naivete of the fatefully un-hip in contemporary America. A great writer with a finger on the pulse of our collective decadent heart. "

" Men behaving badly, and the women who enable them. "

" First story is surprisingly good. The rest didn't always succeed in grabbing my attention. "

" Dense fast moving prose yet an endless repeat of self destructive characters. "