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Almost Tall
Vestal McIntyre, whose award-winning books You Are Not the One and Lake Overturn, were both named Editor’s Choice by The New York Times Book Review, has a reputation among fans for his, “Vibrant tales [that] blend sadness, insight and wry humor” (Chicago Tribune).
In “Almost Tall,” fourteen-year-old Dinah finds herself plucked from her provincial midwestern ballet class and dropped in her uncle’s glittering New York penthouse. What starts out as a lonely summer quickly becomes a whirl of cocktails and haute couture under the mercurial attention of her uncle’s bombastic and insecure partner, Eddie. With remarkable poise, she struggles against a city that seems determined to turn innocence into cynicism and the young into “strangers to youth.”
In “Almost Tall,” fourteen-year-old Dinah finds herself plucked from her provincial midwestern ballet class and dropped in her uncle’s glittering New York penthouse. What starts out as a lonely summer quickly becomes a whirl of cocktails and haute couture under the mercurial attention of her uncle’s bombastic and insecure partner, Eddie. With remarkable poise, she struggles against a city that seems determined to turn innocence into cynicism and the young into “strangers to youth.”
- GenresFictionShort Stories
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 4, 2013
About the author
Vestal McIntyre
8 books55 followersVestal McIntyre was born and raised the youngest of seven children outside Nampa, Idaho. He attended Tufts University, and has lived in Boston and New York City.
Lake Overturn: A Novel was published by HarperCollins in April, 2009. The Washington Post said, "In Lake Overturn, McIntyre has created a vast, intricate lattice of relationships, reminiscent of the novels of Richard Russo....Here is an author capable of handling even the most noxious elements when he stirs his American backwater." And Out Magazine said, "Richly imagined and fully realized, Overturn has given us what we didn’t know we were waiting for: the next Great Idahoan Novel." Lake Overturn was named a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Washington Post Best Book of 2009, won the Grub Street National Book Award 2010 and a Lambda Literary Award, and was nominated for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and a Ferro-Grumley Award.
Vestal has been awarded fiction fellowships from the NEA and the New York Foundation for the Arts. His collection You Are Not the One: Stories was named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and won a 2006 Lambda Literary Award.
His stories have appeared in Tin House Magazine, Open City 11: Octo Ate Them All, Open City 22, From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up, Between Men: Best New Gay Fiction, and several other anthologies.
Vestal now lives in London, where he is working on a second novel and a collection of stories based on his years in New York City.
Lake Overturn: A Novel was published by HarperCollins in April, 2009. The Washington Post said, "In Lake Overturn, McIntyre has created a vast, intricate lattice of relationships, reminiscent of the novels of Richard Russo....Here is an author capable of handling even the most noxious elements when he stirs his American backwater." And Out Magazine said, "Richly imagined and fully realized, Overturn has given us what we didn’t know we were waiting for: the next Great Idahoan Novel." Lake Overturn was named a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Washington Post Best Book of 2009, won the Grub Street National Book Award 2010 and a Lambda Literary Award, and was nominated for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and a Ferro-Grumley Award.
Vestal has been awarded fiction fellowships from the NEA and the New York Foundation for the Arts. His collection You Are Not the One: Stories was named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and won a 2006 Lambda Literary Award.
His stories have appeared in Tin House Magazine, Open City 11: Octo Ate Them All, Open City 22, From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up, Between Men: Best New Gay Fiction, and several other anthologies.
Vestal now lives in London, where he is working on a second novel and a collection of stories based on his years in New York City.
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August 12, 2013
I was lucky enough to be offered a copy of "Almost Tall"on my kindle e-reader.I would give this sweet story a 4.5. Dinah a 14 year old girl is sent to New York City from Ohio to stay with her uncle for the summer. She is there to attend Ballet Camp. Her uncle really has no time for Dinah so getting her back and forth to Ballet Camp falls on Eddie, her uncles live in boyfriend.
Dinah feels like a fish out of water In NYC. Much different from Ohio.Eddie sort of befriends her, taking her to a friend who is in fashion. they spend a day trying on outfits and encouraging to try outfits that may be out of her "comfort zone".
Dinah has made one friend at Ballet class Sunny who invites her to stay at her home for a weekend slumber party. A sleep over that turns in a direction Dinah is not prepared for. Dinah goes back to her uncles apartment. the end of this story is a sweet and touching one with Dinah and a kind person named Luis. I don't want to give away too many spoilers. I found this story to be a good and touching "fish out of water" seen through the eyes of Dinah. I liked how worlds can be so different, yet you can still find people out there who befriend you when you need it. I was glad I got chance to read this sweet kindle single book.
Dinah feels like a fish out of water In NYC. Much different from Ohio.Eddie sort of befriends her, taking her to a friend who is in fashion. they spend a day trying on outfits and encouraging to try outfits that may be out of her "comfort zone".
Dinah has made one friend at Ballet class Sunny who invites her to stay at her home for a weekend slumber party. A sleep over that turns in a direction Dinah is not prepared for. Dinah goes back to her uncles apartment. the end of this story is a sweet and touching one with Dinah and a kind person named Luis. I don't want to give away too many spoilers. I found this story to be a good and touching "fish out of water" seen through the eyes of Dinah. I liked how worlds can be so different, yet you can still find people out there who befriend you when you need it. I was glad I got chance to read this sweet kindle single book.
August 9, 2013
This story is a solid 4-1/2 stars. We meet Dinah. She's staying with her Uncle Rick and his partner Eddie, in New York City, while she attends ballet summer camp.
Her uncle has no time for her so Eddie reluctantly has to take her on for the summer which ruins all his summer plans and he doesn't hesitate to tell everyone. Ballet camp is somewhat a failure and Dinah willingly skips classes to accompany Eddie on his travels about the city, meeting his friends and aquaintances and being treated like an adult. She starts to feel that Eddie is her friend and she also befriends a girl in her ballet camp.
Dinah has an air of maturity but she is a fourteen year-old and still has a bit of child well-hidden inside. Just when she thinks she has friends, she is brought back to reality with a huge bump and suddenly we see the little girl in Dinah. Comfort comes from an unexpected place and she finds she may really have a friend after all.
I like Dinah. She is a fish out of water, coming from Ohio and bravely taking on NYC. She tries be mature and adult but she is fourteen after all. I loved the decisions Dinah made to not give in to peer pressure and I loved the end of the story. This was well-written but too short. I want to know what happened next!
This Kindle Single was supplied to me for review by the publisher.
Her uncle has no time for her so Eddie reluctantly has to take her on for the summer which ruins all his summer plans and he doesn't hesitate to tell everyone. Ballet camp is somewhat a failure and Dinah willingly skips classes to accompany Eddie on his travels about the city, meeting his friends and aquaintances and being treated like an adult. She starts to feel that Eddie is her friend and she also befriends a girl in her ballet camp.
Dinah has an air of maturity but she is a fourteen year-old and still has a bit of child well-hidden inside. Just when she thinks she has friends, she is brought back to reality with a huge bump and suddenly we see the little girl in Dinah. Comfort comes from an unexpected place and she finds she may really have a friend after all.
I like Dinah. She is a fish out of water, coming from Ohio and bravely taking on NYC. She tries be mature and adult but she is fourteen after all. I loved the decisions Dinah made to not give in to peer pressure and I loved the end of the story. This was well-written but too short. I want to know what happened next!
This Kindle Single was supplied to me for review by the publisher.
August 27, 2013
I was offered “Almost Tall”on my Kindle for my honest review. As most reviewers have already gone through the plot, I won’t go there. I love short stories; that’s actually my favorite genre, and a very difficult one - the author has to develop the characters deeply enough for the reader to actually engage but at the same time this is not the place for long descriptions, backgrounds, complex psychological profiles etc. Well, the author Vestal McIntyre did a wonderful job here - the characters are wonderfully portrayed and we can almost see young, sweet Dinah as she struggles to find her way around her new – and at times hostile – surroundings. This bittersweet story moves along smoothly, and it is very captivating. It speaks closely to the heart of all of us who, one day, felt like they had to fit in somehow. The cliché works fine here – “Almost Tall” is indeed difficult to put down.
August 11, 2013
In ballet, an arabesque is a posture in which the body is bent forward from the hip on one leg with one arm extended forward and the other arm and leg backward.
This seems an apt description of Almost Tall, in which a young ballerina is balanced between two worlds. It is in this position that she sees almost as an adult--the beauty and ugliness of both her home in Ohio and the world she aspires to, New York.
I became a fan of Dinah immediately and was even charmed by her uncle's somewhat nasty partner, Eddie. I also loved Dinah's secret. It was a surprise and a lovely one.
The last scene will stay with me for a long while.
This seems an apt description of Almost Tall, in which a young ballerina is balanced between two worlds. It is in this position that she sees almost as an adult--the beauty and ugliness of both her home in Ohio and the world she aspires to, New York.
I became a fan of Dinah immediately and was even charmed by her uncle's somewhat nasty partner, Eddie. I also loved Dinah's secret. It was a surprise and a lovely one.
The last scene will stay with me for a long while.
August 10, 2013
I don't often read short stories, but loved the author's "Lake Overturn" and won the kindle single as a Daily Lit giveaway. I'm glad I did. Reading this story was as fun as being young and in over my head in the city, yet less painful. I recently finished Tell the Wolves I'm Home and this story has a similar appeal. I still prefer a novel, but I'm in awe of how much the author can convey in so few words.
August 17, 2013
A quick, sweet read about a teen ballet dancer visiting NYC for a summer ballet camp. For how short this was, I was surprised at how quickly one could get know the characters and feel a range of emotions based on their actions. And the ending was perfectly fitting. After feeling a range of emotions for Dinah (sympathy, disgust, sadness, etc.), I was so happy she didn't lose her identity in the city!
*I was provided with a copy of this short novel from the publisher for my honest review.
*I was provided with a copy of this short novel from the publisher for my honest review.
August 17, 2013
Many thanks to DailyLit for allowing me to read and review this story.
Almost Tall isn't a very long story and was a fairly fast read. I was interested in reading this because I love stories about ballet dancers, particularly when the main character isn't quite an adult yet. I admit I was expecting to read more about ballet, but it was really only mentioned a few times. That disappointed me. I was hoping for a better glimpse at this ballet camp, even though it was a disappointment for Dinah.
As far as characters go, I really didn't connect with any of them though I did feel a bit bad for Dinah and her state of loneliness. Luis was a nice addition, but aside from these two, I didn't care for the other characters at all.
I did like the setting and the emotions involved with Dinah while she lives with her uncle and his partner. I'm honestly a little surprised that even though the reader is told that her parents are very religious, that they seem to have no problem sending their daughter to live with her uncle and his partner in New York--unless they do not know, of course, but I never saw anything about this. Just something that struck me a little odd and would have been nice to tie into the story with.
The writing was okay, but seemed a bit formal for the teenaged character. I found some of the dialogue to be a bit forced and unrealistic, but I've also never been to New York so I could very well be wrong--it just felt that way to me.
I think I would have liked this better if there had been a little more focus on the ballet aspect, better likable characters (at least for her uncle and his partner at least), and less formal writing. It was just an "okay" read for me, but I do see potential.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher for this review. These opinions are my own; I was not required to write a positive review, nor was I compensated for this review.
Almost Tall isn't a very long story and was a fairly fast read. I was interested in reading this because I love stories about ballet dancers, particularly when the main character isn't quite an adult yet. I admit I was expecting to read more about ballet, but it was really only mentioned a few times. That disappointed me. I was hoping for a better glimpse at this ballet camp, even though it was a disappointment for Dinah.
As far as characters go, I really didn't connect with any of them though I did feel a bit bad for Dinah and her state of loneliness. Luis was a nice addition, but aside from these two, I didn't care for the other characters at all.
I did like the setting and the emotions involved with Dinah while she lives with her uncle and his partner. I'm honestly a little surprised that even though the reader is told that her parents are very religious, that they seem to have no problem sending their daughter to live with her uncle and his partner in New York--unless they do not know, of course, but I never saw anything about this. Just something that struck me a little odd and would have been nice to tie into the story with.
The writing was okay, but seemed a bit formal for the teenaged character. I found some of the dialogue to be a bit forced and unrealistic, but I've also never been to New York so I could very well be wrong--it just felt that way to me.
I think I would have liked this better if there had been a little more focus on the ballet aspect, better likable characters (at least for her uncle and his partner at least), and less formal writing. It was just an "okay" read for me, but I do see potential.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher for this review. These opinions are my own; I was not required to write a positive review, nor was I compensated for this review.
August 21, 2013
Dinah is a refreshingly innocent 14 year-old from the Midwest, who has been sent to the big city of New York for a summer with her uncle so that she can attend ballet camp. And of course, this summer will be anything but typical. If this were South Beach, Eddie, her uncle’s partner, would be Nathan Lane in the Birdcage. All the characters conform to this template, including Luis, the gay “houseboy”, Rick, the rich uncle who provides for all, and Eddie, who occasionally designs pillows to earn his keep. When I started this book, I was put off by all the stereotypes, and the “Sex and the City” opening scene. It seemed calculated to shock, or at least to tease. As I read further, some of the characters — Dinah, Luis, Rebecca — became more compelling. If you were thinking, based on the description, that this book would have something to do with the New York ballet scene, I will say there is hardly any ballet in this book. By the end, Dinah is barely attending the camp at all, and very little is mentioned about it. We are just told that she is “very good”, which I would like to believe, but it seems as if she could only get into a pretty crummy camp. (The author mentions the family doesn’t have the money, but if she was as good as she implies, she wouldn’t have needed it — besides, she is living with her very rich uncle, right?) I was also skeptical of the concept that a religious Midwestern family would send their treasured daughter to live in a Manhattan penthouse with her gay uncle and his partner for the summer, but hey, I’m happy to be wrong there. Overall, I thought the minor characters added depth to what ended up being a surprisingly moving story — surprising to get to know the characters so well in just a short amount of time. Stereotypes aside, it wasn’t a bad read, just could have been better. Thanks Daily Lit for the free review copy.
August 17, 2013
I won an electronic copy of this story in a DailyLit giveaway. I've never read anything by the author before (nor have I read any Kindle Singles before, for that matter). Dinah, a talented ballet dancer from Ohio, is shipped to New York City for the summer to live with her uncle and his partner and attend ballet camp. The camp itself is a bit of a wash, but she learns a great deal about herself and the world in her sojourn to the big city.
There are plenty of things to like about this story. The setting is lovely and engagingly drawn; Dinah is relatively likable (for a teenager); while it's arguable that relatively little really happens, there's obviously a lot going on in Dinah's head as she figures things out about herself and her world. We get a great picture of the fashion designer from very few encounters with her.
However, a lot of the characters are very shallow -- stereotypes we barely skim the surface of. We're behind Dinah's eyes, and she has the empathy of a young teenager among strangers, which is to say she doesn't seem to have very much of it. Only Luis really pushes beyond being stereotyped, and then only in the very last part of the story. I'm not sure how much of this is supposed to be Dinah's insular Midwestern view and how much is unintentional, but I found her lack of connection -- her lack of really trying for connection, in almost every case -- pulled me out of the story.
It's not a bad read, all in all; I look forward to seeing where the author goes. Perhaps this one just wasn't for me, or I read it at the wrong time.
There are plenty of things to like about this story. The setting is lovely and engagingly drawn; Dinah is relatively likable (for a teenager); while it's arguable that relatively little really happens, there's obviously a lot going on in Dinah's head as she figures things out about herself and her world. We get a great picture of the fashion designer from very few encounters with her.
However, a lot of the characters are very shallow -- stereotypes we barely skim the surface of. We're behind Dinah's eyes, and she has the empathy of a young teenager among strangers, which is to say she doesn't seem to have very much of it. Only Luis really pushes beyond being stereotyped, and then only in the very last part of the story. I'm not sure how much of this is supposed to be Dinah's insular Midwestern view and how much is unintentional, but I found her lack of connection -- her lack of really trying for connection, in almost every case -- pulled me out of the story.
It's not a bad read, all in all; I look forward to seeing where the author goes. Perhaps this one just wasn't for me, or I read it at the wrong time.
September 1, 2013
Any complaints about this book? Yes. I wanted it to go on and on. McIntyre is one of our best contemporary novelists and I have been impatiently waiting for a new book since Lake Overturn mesmerized me in 2009. (If you haven't read that yet go out and get it now. Go on. Go!) Anyway Almost Tall has the same type of rich characters - believable, human, vulnerable. Sometimes we really dislike someone (Eddie) but recognize that even he has his moments of empathy. Mostly I would like to spend more time with Dinah, the main character. Wise, mature, patient, yet still a 14 year-old girl, and sometimes insecure, sometimes shy. I hope this is a novel in the works. Please?
The other great thing I was introduced to was DailyLit.com which published this story and made it available for free. They send new works by email or RSS on a schedule you create. It's a great service and I am very grateful to them for bringing me the McIntyre work.
The other great thing I was introduced to was DailyLit.com which published this story and made it available for free. They send new works by email or RSS on a schedule you create. It's a great service and I am very grateful to them for bringing me the McIntyre work.
August 17, 2013
I received this story free on my Kindle. Thank you Daily Lit for bringing it and the author to my attention. I love short stories and try to write them myself. Americans and Canadians seem to take short stories more seriously than us English and I really appreciate that.
I enjoyed reading this story - it has the kind of bitter-sweet "naivity meets reality" of some US TV comedies. The Americanness of it jarred sometimes (I read it sitting outside a seaside bar in France!), but the characterisation and gentle story line were excellent without ignoring the sheer nastiness of human nature.
Well written, with clear descriptions which engage the reader. I found it nicely moral in its ending showing wisdom in the quiet, mature, thoughtful kindness of Luis; and in the resilience of youth out in the big wide world for the first time.
I enjoyed reading this story - it has the kind of bitter-sweet "naivity meets reality" of some US TV comedies. The Americanness of it jarred sometimes (I read it sitting outside a seaside bar in France!), but the characterisation and gentle story line were excellent without ignoring the sheer nastiness of human nature.
Well written, with clear descriptions which engage the reader. I found it nicely moral in its ending showing wisdom in the quiet, mature, thoughtful kindness of Luis; and in the resilience of youth out in the big wide world for the first time.
August 21, 2013
I received a free Kindle copy of this story from
DailyLit in exchange for an honest review.
Honestly? I don't think I get short fiction. I wanted there to be MORE to this story. I wanted it to not just end; as sweet as the last scene was, it didn't feel like an ending. I guess I'm not the sort of reader who likes to infer that much from stories.
But, that being said, the story itself is interesting. A lot of exposition is packed into a pretty short time span. But I'm not sure of the point of wasting prime short-story real estate on some of the moments and characters that are included when so much is left out. I think I'd also be disappointed in a cliche ending but I felt like this could have been a longer story.
I think I have to think about this further. Hmmm.
DailyLit in exchange for an honest review.
Honestly? I don't think I get short fiction. I wanted there to be MORE to this story. I wanted it to not just end; as sweet as the last scene was, it didn't feel like an ending. I guess I'm not the sort of reader who likes to infer that much from stories.
But, that being said, the story itself is interesting. A lot of exposition is packed into a pretty short time span. But I'm not sure of the point of wasting prime short-story real estate on some of the moments and characters that are included when so much is left out. I think I'd also be disappointed in a cliche ending but I felt like this could have been a longer story.
I think I have to think about this further. Hmmm.
August 3, 2016
This was a delightful story. I personally love short stories, but have a difficult time finding one to read. So, I was thrilled to have come across Almost Tall.
Because short stories are, well, short, it's a greater task to create a story has engaging characters and plotlines and not too many descriptions and complex backgrounds. Vestal McIntyre did a fanstactic job. Dinah's story is enjoyable to read and keeps you interested. It's relatable to many, because we've all been pressured to fit in, during some point in our lives. Again, this was a lovely story, and I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me an e-copy for an honest review.
Because short stories are, well, short, it's a greater task to create a story has engaging characters and plotlines and not too many descriptions and complex backgrounds. Vestal McIntyre did a fanstactic job. Dinah's story is enjoyable to read and keeps you interested. It's relatable to many, because we've all been pressured to fit in, during some point in our lives. Again, this was a lovely story, and I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me an e-copy for an honest review.
August 22, 2013
This was an odd but interesting story!! Almost Tall is the story of Dinah from Idaho who spends a summer in New York with her uncle so that she may attend Ballet Camp She expects a fun summer but is in for a surprise.. The ballet camp has teachers who are mediocre .. She ends up spending most of her time tagging along with her uncle's room mate.. What she finds is that New York is full of people who seem to have grown up too fast and who don't seem to know what youth is.. In the end she realizes that she is better off in Idaho where she can act her own age and enjoy her youth while she can.. An insightful story!!
September 26, 2013
I wanted a quick and light story with a touch of ballet, but instead received a bizarrely constructed story of a 14 year old dancer from Ohio who spends the summer in New York City with her uncle and his partner, Eddie, while taking classes at a second-rate ballet camp. Throughout her stay, she experiences what is presented as the darkness of the city - homelessness, frivolity, luxury without character, and loneliness - perhaps relevant critiques, but added into the story without finesse. McIntyre's fiction has apparently been well received, but you wouldn't know it from this unsatisfying short story.
August 27, 2013
This was a very short read, and honestly it was just weird. It just jumped right in. When I first started reading I thought maybe it was an excerpt from the book. I struggled because it jumped from person to person to person as the "narrator". There wasn't clear separation between the changes. It's about a bad emotional roller coaster for a 14 year old learning about New York for one summer. I can't say she really had any good experiences from the that summer. (I did receive a free copy to review, and feel guilty not being able to give it a wonderful review.)
August 10, 2013
There was a lot of story in a few pages. The story follows Dinah, the girl from Ohio with the wonderful old-fashioned name, as she spends the summer in her uncle's NYC apartment while attending ballet camp. She spends most of her time with his partner who brings her along as he visits a fashion designer friend, prepares for a dinner party and shops. Dinah is unhappy and homesick and then a fun weekend doesn't go as planned. Kindness shown her came from an unexpected source.
It was well written and descriptive. I enjoyed the story and reading about Dinah. I recommend it.
It was well written and descriptive. I enjoyed the story and reading about Dinah. I recommend it.
August 17, 2013
I read a lot (albeit, much of it is for work, but I HAVE read many, many books) and "Almost Tall" is very, very good! When I read a book and feel as though I'm actually getting to "know" the main character, when I can actually "see" the characters in my mind's eye, that says a lot to me. This book did that for me. The characters were not just flat descriptions - they had depth! I loved reading this book because I felt like I was actually there. If you like to read books that are more than just descriptions of people and places, that actually place you IN the story, you'll love this one!
March 20, 2015
I liked this story. I became invested in Dinah very quickly and understood all of her feelings. It's a sympathetic tale of the teenager's search for where she belongs in the crazy place that is NYC. I enjoyed how the ballet class was handled. It was introduced as background very early on, but the actual details aren't brought in until later when they become relevant.
If you're recommending it to YA, be sure their maturity level is appropriate for the discussion of adults having sex lives.
If you're recommending it to YA, be sure their maturity level is appropriate for the discussion of adults having sex lives.
July 20, 2017
This is a fun little story about 14-year-old ballet student Dinah in big, lonely NYC. Overall, I like the idea of the story, but it felt like it was cut short at the end. There were still a lot of questions that needed to be answered, but the ending was nice and sweet. The ballerina concept tied in nicely with Dinah's adventures of NYC and struggles of homesickness.
*first impression review, full review coming later*
*first impression review, full review coming later*
August 6, 2016
Received this book free.
I had never read anything by this author before, and liked this story enough to read more by Mr. McIntyre. I didn't realize that the author was male until reading his bio at the end of the short story.
The only shortcoming, that I could see, was the amount of this short story that was focused on same-sex relationships; it seemed that everybody was part of such a relationship, except Dinah.
I had never read anything by this author before, and liked this story enough to read more by Mr. McIntyre. I didn't realize that the author was male until reading his bio at the end of the short story.
The only shortcoming, that I could see, was the amount of this short story that was focused on same-sex relationships; it seemed that everybody was part of such a relationship, except Dinah.
August 22, 2013
A sort of coming of age tale about a Midwestern girl who spends the summer with her gay uncle in New York. She was sent there for ballet camp, but this aspiring ballerina learns much more about the world outside of her small town.
It was very well written and I would recommend it to anyone who finds the premise interesting.
It was very well written and I would recommend it to anyone who finds the premise interesting.
August 19, 2013
I also received this book as a free Kindle story from Daily Lit. I liked the story premise but was a bit disappointed with the content. The characters lacked depth and relied on stereo types. I also found the end to be too abrupt. At first, I was pleased with the way it ended; however, the story just seemed to stop without a true resolution.
August 19, 2013
Thanks to DailyLit for sending me a Kindle copy of Almost Tall.
I liked Dinah as the main character. And the story left me with a bittersweet feeling fitting for the story. But I have to say, I wish this story were longer. I wanted to know more about the characters and what happened over the summer. And the end - it came all of a sudden, when I felt the story was just getting interesting.
I liked Dinah as the main character. And the story left me with a bittersweet feeling fitting for the story. But I have to say, I wish this story were longer. I wanted to know more about the characters and what happened over the summer. And the end - it came all of a sudden, when I felt the story was just getting interesting.
August 17, 2013
It was a sweet story. I expected more...whether in length or content I don't know. Characters didn't seem very developed and story ended on a cliff hanger. I'd like to read more about Dinah but this story by itself isn't good enough to stand alone
July 20, 2014
Reviewed in the double edition put out by DailyLit through Rooster.
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