![]() Her Body & Other Parties opens with a double whammy – ‘The Husband Stitch’ and ‘Inventory’ are both pretty damn great. On top of that little seesaw (which it’s worth having in your mind if you’re thinking of approaching the book) is the fact that some people are absolutely blown away by Her Body & Other Parties (see the Financial Times’ review quoted in the paperback, ridiculously proclaiming “Machado stands alongside Shirley Jackson and Margaret Atwood…”, as if Her Body & Other Parties is so good it rivals all of Jackson and Atwood’s combined work…).įirst of all, then, what is there to like? Well, there are good stories here, stories that work viewed close (in terms of the words that make the sentences) and from 10,000 feet (in terms of the narrative structure). So you can see where it tilts along the interesting/uneven axis. Some reviews are, like, Machado is a really interesting writer and, yeah, you could say the book is uneven if you want to split hairs but let’s focus on what an interesting writer she is and some reviews are more Yes, Machado is interesting, no doubt, but boy o boy is this collection uneven. The other reviews of the book we’ve looked at place themselves at various points on a range that is essentially, Machado is an interesting writer but the collection is somewhat uneven. ![]() ![]() That’s the one word review of Carmen Maria Machado’s debut short story collection, Her Body & Other Parties. ![]()
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