Evelyn’s Reviews > Crescent Moon and Other Stories > Status Update

I didn't expect so many gloomy or honestly aimless endings, but I read an analysis about that being the point, as the times Lao She was writing in was "when the urban intelligentsia and working classes... were under unbearable emotional and financial pressures. The pessimistic message of the collection is that the search for a 'way out' is likely to be a futile one" (Beth McKillop). Oof. At least some have ok endings