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" OK book - would not recommend...but wouldn't be the end of the world if you spent some time on it. Not that exciting. "
- Jennifer, 2/16/2014
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" I thought about these stories for weeks after finishing the book! "
- MaryAdair, 2/15/2014
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" Alice Munro has been able to get inside the life and mind of a narcissistic woman. How? Maybe it's her own life? "
- Chris, 2/8/2014
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" Read this for a book club. Very hard to follow and understand. Very choppy. Most of the book club agreed. "
- Kim, 2/8/2014
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" I haven't read anything else by Munro, but I'd like to. These short stories are simple and thoughtful, particularly the title work. Good summer reading. "
- Dana, 1/28/2014
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" I just discovered her stories for the first time. Immediately went out and bought another collection of them. "
- Kyle, 1/25/2014
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" I read Runaway immediately after it got the Giller Prize. It was my first reading from Alice Munro, and I know it won't be the last. She writes with ease, the stories flow smooth, although fully emotionally charged. It was no surprise to learn that she won the Man Booker Prize in 2009 (in addition to many Canadian awards, including 3 GGs and two Gillers). "
- Nick, 1/10/2014
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" Was just getting acquainted with Munro when I read this. I like the stories and, definitely would go with her through a whole book. "
- Robin, 1/9/2014
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" Ordinarily I'm not one for short stories, for whatever reason, but this came recommended to me. Very good, very human, immediately absorbing. Read the intro by her superfan Jonathan Franzen. "
- Damara, 12/23/2013
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" I love short stories. This was the first collection of Munro's that I have read. I didn't enjoy the entire collection equally but I enjoyed them enough that I would read some of her other collections. "
- Jaelene, 12/12/2013
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" Alice Munro is hands down the best writer of short stories! Loved this collection and Hateship, Friendship, Loveship, Courtsthip. "
- Madhuri, 11/23/2013
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" My favorite collection from one of my favorite short story writers. Short stories that contain substance enough to be novels. Narrators that remind me of more wry, ironic and aware versions of Chekhovian heroes & heroines. "
- Tuan, 10/19/2013
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" Enjoyable short stories, a few which are linked by their characters. A quick, enjoyable read "
- Laura, 10/16/2013
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" Liked the writing a great deal but really missed the pace of a short story...these are so long. More like novellas. "
- Kat, 7/12/2013
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" A book of short stories by an acclaimed author. I listened to 3 CD's out of 9, two and 1/2 stories and lost interest. They were all set in Canada, a small town on the Pacific coast and the suburbs of Toronto. One was about a teacher who left her job to live with a man in the small town. "
- Frederick, 3/10/2013
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" She such a great writer: so much world in so little space. "
- Ellie, 12/30/2012
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" These tales were wrenching. I lived a little more through Alice Munroe's characters. Well crafted, many of the stories involve overlapping characters and points of views on a variety of topics. "
- Aileen, 5/26/2012
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" Not a big fan of short stories, they leave me hungry for more and i feel I don't have time to "bond" with the characters. In this case, i couldn't wait to find another book to read. I found Runaway pointless, predictable and old fashioned. "
- Kaipai, 8/23/2011
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" This collection of short stories is very dark, without happy and tidy endings. Each story is about a missed opportunity, an unrequited love, a disenchanted something... "
- Mrs.Blattner, 7/17/2011
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" I've re-read these stories several times. She has a wonderful natural way of writing. Her characters are no where near perfect and you ache with them. "
- Sarah, 7/16/2011
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" Alice Munro must be one of the best short story writers ever - especially when it come to writing about women. "
- Immy, 6/24/2011
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" Beautifully written and engaging short stories. Stories like these are why I love short stories so much. "
- Wilhelmina, 6/20/2011
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" I really couldn't pay attention to any of these stories. They were banal and self-indulgent and had no relation to the world in which I live.
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- Cv, 6/16/2011
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" Alice Munro has been able to get inside the life and mind of a narcissistic woman. How? Maybe it's her own life?
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- Chris, 6/11/2011
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" Another great collection of short stories!
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- Jennifer, 4/26/2011
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" Munro is a very talented writer, that much is obvious. Unfortunately I just wasn't as interested in the stories as I hoped I'd be. I'd like to try out her other stuff in the future, but I'm not sure why this particular collection didn't click with me.
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- Christina, 4/20/2011
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" This was my first time reading Munro. But for such a big name in the short story writing world, she disappointed me with this story collection.
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- Amar, 4/17/2011
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" LbW. Interconnected set of stories. Canadian writer. Considered a writer's writer.
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- Lily, 4/11/2011
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" I found it to be a bit of a slog, while I appreciate it was beautifully written and ehr characters were delicately drawn. Munro sure packs a punch in a short story. I don't think its really my medium...
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- Georgie, 3/29/2011
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" Munro's work is interesting because you expect it to go one way, but it doesn't or it ends abruptly and sometimes with a good ironic twist. Of the stories here, I enjoyed "Tricks" the most, then "Trespasses".
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- Katherine, 3/27/2011
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" i just couldn't get into these stories...i guess short stories are really not my interest. it feels like they should be in magazines instead of a full book
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- Sue, 3/27/2011
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