Dear Life

Alice Munro is a good writer, this is made very clear on the cover. And while that may be true, this collection of short stories did not exemplify this talent. That being said, there were some that were very well written and truly made an impact on me personally. Unfortunately this was not the case with all of them. Perhaps it was the first story, about a woman who decides to cheat on her husband with no clear explanation given as to why, that threw me off for the rest of the book. As a recently married man, I found absolutely no way I could relate to the character, and perhaps that's my own fault. It simply did not feel realistic. These criticisms, while significant, could not force me to lower my rating to anything less than three stars. That much is deserved. Worthy of a nobel prize in literature? Absolutely not, not based on this work alone. But it's not my call to make.