4.5. speechless, such a magnificent and powerful story told thru two sisters.

This one hit close to home - as someone with a family member with an advanced Parkinson's diagnosis - this is the most intimate I had to live with being inside someone who is afflicted by it. Couldn't put this one down.

3.5ish/4. Captivating, fast read. Def. A good set of short dystopian stories that are packed with complex dynamics of relationships, immigration and so much more.

4.5. I keep saying I'm not a short story kind of person but I'm two George Saunders books down, and I'm amazed and at the edge of my seat. The explorations of class dynamics, surrealism and dystopian fever dreams are stories I could be lost in all day.

Two Sherpas, the abyss and the longest introspective look into class dynamics, age, dreams and youth
all while intertwining Shakespeare .One of those books that the style and format it was written in makes the book that much better.

Not much of a short story reader, came into this at times struggling but finding myself completely enveloped by Saunders writing, thought provoking prose and yet familiar rhythm. Not a bad way to get into George Saunders - a few more of his books on my TBR.

“On their deathbeds, people don't think about their work or their life experiences or the items remaining on their to-do list. They think about love and family.”

There were strokes of solemn guiding words, illuminating and calming mantras. But at times, repetitive and redundant.

“They say the earth spins and that's why we fall but everyone knows it's the music”

I would need multitudes to deconstruct this whole book, but all I needed were a few words to feel.

It reads as a bingeable show - you don't want to stop at the end of each episode and you let it play on. The themes and motifs feel familiar and yet at the same time explored in an all new narrative.

The first half of the book is slow - but right at the middle - it just picks up and does not slow down. It builds and delivers. I'll miss Piranesi - and the halls and the tides.