Review of "The Complete Stories - Flannery O'Connor" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I had a hard time with these. They are mostly dreary, depressing stories in which small-minded, unhappy people abuse other small-minded, unhappy people; injustice is rampant; and no good deed goes unpunished. Most of them, especially the early ones, just made me sad or angry and I wasn't able to figure out what the point was. I think I'm not especially good at appreciating farce or whatever this is.
The Enduring Chill was probably the only one I can claim to have enjoyed, it had some truly funny passages.
From my Wikipedia'ing it seems there's some kind of incredibly dreary Catholic lesson about the grace of God embedded in these stories, which might explain why I found the overall effect pretty grim.
