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title: "Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories Hardcover – January 27, 2009"
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# Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories Hardcover – January 27, 2009

**Brand:** lauren groff
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- **What is this?** Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories Hardcover – January 27, 2009 by lauren groff
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## Customer Reviews

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    DELIGHTED with this book
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2012*

I purchased Delicate Edible Birds because I enjoyed Lauren Groff's Arcadia. In general I prefer novels to short stores, and more often than not, my reaction to short stories is "that's IT? That's the END?" I find that many writers set a mood, create a vignette, illustrate a (small) point, but that's ALL--- so many short stories are short on plot and lacking denouement. Not so Lauren Groff's. Every one of these stories, as another reviewer said, is as absorbing and complete as a novel. The author is able to write believably in first-person in the voices of many very diverse characters. I won't give any plot summaries, there are plenty in earlier reviews, but I have to give this a very high recommendation. I got sucked into all of these stories and found the book hard to put down.One little caveat regarding Amazon, and not the book: this has a light-colored matte dust jacket, and Amazon is NOT careful about checking things out before they send them. My copy arrived with dirt smudges on the back of the dust jacket. If this had been a gift for someone else, I would have been very annoyed.

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    Disappointing
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2015*

Overall, I was disappointed. A few of the early stories were excellent, capturing small town prejudice and an overwhelming sense of  melancholy. Most of these short works are more vignettes than traditional short stories, attempting to portray an entire lifetime . I really disliked "Blythe," "Fugue," and the title story, "Delicate Edible Birds." I liked "L DeBard and Aliette" and "Majorette,"  but a all of Groff's store have a certain thinness, which I believe is the result of trying to capture the entire life of so many of her characters. I will try to read her new novel and see if I like it any better.

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    Needs something
  

*by A***B on Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2013*

I was intrigued by the title and persuaded by the rave reviews. Sadly, the book did not live up to my expectations. Maybe this is a marketing problem -- too much hyperbole. Anyway,the first story, Lucky Chow Fun, has an interesting premise. Groff sets out to describe a community calamity from the perspective of a young girl. But the whole thing lacks verisimilitude, and at times verges on stereotyping. My favorite story was The Wife of the Dictator. Here, Groff has something interesting to say about colonization and dominance. The story has texture and sensuality. Here she seems to know something of what she writes. Groff's language is often lovely, but the works collected here would benefit from more grit, more research, more experience, more sensuality -- less workshopping. No doubt these will come, she's a promising young author.

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