Come to Me

Book was as described, arrived on time, totally satisfied with the seller but discovered I already had the book. Passed it onto a friend who is enjoying it so nothing lost.

Her stories are diverse. And yet they all deal with raw human emotions, relationships, but not typical ones. She could not have experienced these situations first hand and yet she seems as if she must have been there. They are true. I was swept away. They are a must for anyone attempting to write.

I enjoyed this short story collection, particularly the stories which linked together and were told from different character's perspectives.The standalone stories were a bit hit and miss which I often find to be the case with short story collections. But overall I liked Bloom's writing and how it felt like I got under the skin of the main character and exposed their struggles and emotions which were simmering under the surface.The collection had themes which ran through all the stories such as love, loss, grief and loneliness and I thought these were handled well and examined through different perspectives.The main issue with this book was that many of the stories had unsatisfying endings, almost like the author didn't know how to wrap them up, so either they ended abruptly and left questions or just fizzled out into nothing.I would like to try one of Bloom's novels, as I do like her writing style, and would like to see how a full novel compares to her short stories.