St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Russell's writing is exquisite, always. I connected with some of the stories in this collection and others not at all. While I sometimes feel overwhelmed by the intensity of the bizarre captured in her vivid constructs, her immense talent as a writer is never in question. I just wish that maybe she didn't try so hard to be unique and different in every aspect of her concoctions. That would bring more reality to her work and make the strangeness and brilliant moments more recognizable and appreciated. It just ends up feeling forced weirdness sometimes, unfortunately.