Table for Two: Fictions

First half is great… not sure why he wrote the second book which is completely different from the short stories of the first half. Odd.

The short stories were good although I struggled to find a definitive theme among them. The Novella was like a fish outta water and simply didn’t belong. As Sesame Street told us “..One of these things is not like the other” and this was it!! The novella was like it was homeless and took up shelter in this book. I say move along. Felt like just a filler for the books pages.

I really enjoy listening to this author’s books. He has the best readers. I do find it a little harder to read his books. He is very detailed and paints a beautiful picture of each of his settings and his character development is excellent. This book is half short stories and half novella. The novella is about a character from the book Rules of Civility, which I just happened to read before this. The short store reminded me a bit of the old Alfred Hitchcock hour show.

Chris's pick. 👍🏻 Short stories. Features a hard-boiled detective story featuring Evelyn, from Rules of Civility.

Love everything Amor Towles writes. This book is no exception. Some beautiful moments described so delightfully.