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| I wish I could fully comprehend these stories, particularly the first and third so I can properly describe their brilliance. Great short stories, but "What if I try to live?" and The Swan Park are the best. 7/10. Even though Chapter 1 has no answer to her struggle of what exactly she feels that she's missing in life for fulfillment and happiness, the whole depiction of her mentality, confliction and plots moving from one to the next through her husband and neighbor is awesome. Comparing her wonder of missing something to fully live like the dead insect who just had to eat to survive. Her sobbing of most likely guilt of cheating, and hopelessness to these emotions after she ends talking on the phone to her boy, and having the urge to possibly attempt suicide or force motivation to live figuratively by sinking herself into a lake to drown, as she gasps for air back to the surface with a new resolve to "try to live". 8/10. The Swan Park I think was a revenge prank for (I'm assuming she's) the Mistress being left with a child (which she lost a while ago) for choosing his wife over her and being left alone months after (I'm assuming) his wife found out of the Mistress' pregnancy. Through a fake buldge on her stomach, a knife to cut through ketchup inside it to scare of him "killing a baby" she leaves, with a figurative "fuck you, for leaving me". I guess. Very intriguing reunion. 7/10. The last one, I unfortunately didn't understand the symbolism or reality of her aging while he stayed the same... As for the second, it was oddly sweet even though it suggested potential cheating and betrayal from both parties towards the girlfriend of the guy, but their sense of wanting to runaway was interesting, even though he decided not to in the end. Whatever tat meant. |