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With characters as varied as the footwear on the cover, the stories in this collection shine a light on disillusioned urbanites, shiftless slackers, lonely hearts, and frustrated job seekers.The first story, keep it from the flame, is the most powerful. Here a mother tells her two young children, "You gotta learn you can't depend on me to always take care of things." She then forces them from her car, and onto the side of a quiet nighttime country road before driving away.Good stuff, and I was d...
one those times when buying the book because of it's really cool cover/title worked out!
The Kind I'm Likely to Get is a series of short stories, some of which follow recurring characters and all of which include characters in the same universe with similar emotional voices. Although the settings change, the urban centers through which the characters orbit is nearly interchangeable. Foster paints some really intriguing scenes, although I found myself struggling to hang it all together. It wasn't until I finished the stories and discovered the notes section in the back that it starte...
I thought I hadn't read it, then I recognized the first story right off so I have read it and I am not going to read it again.
I think this is a collection of stories that I might like more on a second read. Several of the stories seemed like journal entries crafted into a narrative: I took trips to Portland and New Orleans and this what happened to me there. Although the narrators do come equipped with some acute observations. The first story in the collection, “Keep it from the Flame” is a great story about a mother abandoning her children—among the best stories I’ve read this year. “Things You Can Make Something Out
mmm, short work well for me in grad school because i can read them in chunks. i really liked this collection, although i liked them more when i started to see the possible ways they were connected. most of them have a haunting melancholy to them that i liked.
Incredibly unusual writing style, had me enthralled within the first few words and I read it almost non-stop. A short, breathable read, but full of interesting ideas and experiences I couldn't have imagined.
I enjoyed the first story "Keep It From The Flame" but think I need to reread the rest of them to enjoy them. Found it a bit dull. The cover is really cool though.
Melancholy, romantic, lonely, funny, and very real.
Liked it a lot, but needs two reads for maximum enjoyment.
