I wanted so bad to love this book with all my heart, but it just didn’t quite have the impact I thought it would. The Husband Stitch, Inventory, and Difficult at Parties were the standouts for me among the short stories, though I did still have to do a fair bit of online reading to fully grasp what analogies the story was making. The story that truly made zero sense to me was Especially Heinous, in that one especially I find the points the author is trying to make about violence, feminism, and fetishizing peoples terrible experiences is buried under flowery (albeit incredible) writing, and artsy imagery and descriptions. This collection had that problem overall for me. I think I may try this one again when I’ve had more life experiences, I believe that will improve my understanding.