Reviews for Gallegher

The average rating for Gallegher based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-10-09 00:00:00 Francisco Garcia ..... of the broken hearted? Who had love that's now departed. And that is the theme of A.L. Kennedy's latest collection of short stories. Bleak, perhaps. But then you don't read A.L. Kennedy unless you can take her unflinching, precise, unsettling, razor sharp dissection of the pain that makes us human. This is not the sort of writing to sink into like a comfy old sofa, it is more like skeetering across ice, never quite knowing when you'll be plunged into the freezing abyss below, it's writing that leaves you faintly breathless and wondrous at what words on a printed page can do, and heart-stoppingly exhilarated when there's a sudden swoop of humour amongst the dark. Incomparable.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-15 00:00:00 Lloyd Bryant Wonderful stories that have darkness lurking around the edges. Kennedy gives you little clues throughout that build up to quiet but sharp intakes of breath. These are small mysteries, just without the tropes. She's incredibly versatile; "Sympathy" is written entirely as dialogue, and somehow manages to be more erotic than the entire "erotic memoir" I just read. The title story is a stunner. But honestly, every story in the book is great in its own way. She's a rare writer with a distinctive voice that never becomes predictable.