Lynnie
contemporary fiction, short story collection
Single, Carefree, Mellow my eye. It should have been titled: Adulterous, Lying, Narcissist but I don't know if that would sell many books.
The title- Single, Carefree, Mellow gave me the impression that this would be a collection of stories about single women dating, or not dating, but generally being content with where they are in life. Sadly, that's not the case in any of these stories (and clearly I didn't read the book's description very well). None of the women are single, or if they are then their partners are not. They weren't exactly carefree or mellow either as having an affair seems to be stressful & require an impressive amount of planning and manipulation.
I particularly hated one of the characters who appears in 3 separate stories. I couldn't decide though if I hated her because I had to keep reading about her (& she wasn't a very nice person as far as I could tell), or if I hated the way she was portrayed by author Katherine Heiny. Does it really matter though?
Anyway, if you're into a collection of stories about people who are unabashed adulterers, this is the book for you. Unfortunately, it wasn't my cup of tea.
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