Egan, Jennifer. 2012. Emerald City and Other Stories. United Kingdom: Corsair.
Why
I read it in the first place?
Somehow, I never too fond
of short story. I don’t have a valid
reason why is that, and it bothered me a little (I’m annoyingly a reasonable
person). And when I stumbled on this book at Periplus, I thought I’d give it a
try. One, it’s on the bargain section, means I got this book much
cheaper than it should. Two, I
like the cover, it’s really pretty. Three, I didn’t buy any romance book
lately and I THOUGHT it is a lovey dovey romance book just like what I was
looking for. Come on, from a cover like that you’ll judge like I did. But, I
learn not to judge a book by its cover anymore. Such an old saying but I need
to keep reminding myself that. Four, I saw this book gets high rating and great reviews in Goodreads. But from my rating, you know I kind of disagree
with them. Five, its author, Jennifer Egan, is a Pulitzer Prize winner
for her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad.
I haven’t read that (now I don’t intend to) but she seems legit, people in
Goodreads (again) repeatedly praised her for her works. So, why not, right? I
have FIVE excellent reasons to buy it, I must not regret and beat myself too
much (sigh).

