Tova’s Reviews > Dubliners > Status Update

↠ A Mother
↠ 4.5 | ★★★★☆

The best story in the collection, the mother is kind of just a variation on my own mother, which is probably why I could relate to it. It absolutely gave the vibes of "YOU SAID SHE'D GET PAID AND YOU BETTER F*CKING PAY HER," and I love that

↠ Ivy Day in the Committee Room
↠ 3 | ★★★☆☆

A story with direct political connections to Irish history, interesting in the context of what I know of Charles Parnell

↠ A Little Cloud
↠ 3.5 | ★★★☆☆

An interesting look at dreams and friendship

↠ An Encounter
↠ 2.5 | ★★☆☆☆

Rather strange is all I can say

↠ After the Race
↠ 3 | ★★★☆☆

I know it's Segouin, but I keep hearing Saquon as in Saquon Barkley (Go Birds)

↠ The Sisters
↠ 3.5 | ★★★☆☆

Joyce's writing is growing on me, still don't entirely know what is going on, but his writing is very good.

↠ Araby
↠ 2.5 | ★★☆☆☆

Men...they are hopeless sometimes.

↠ The Boarding House
↠ 3.5 | ★★★☆☆

An interesting mother-daughter relationship and a lot of interesting things to consider. One of the more relatable stories so far.

↠ Grace
↠ 2.5 | ★★☆☆☆

Joyce's writing is good, but the story content was not for me, and I personally didn't find the subject matter engaging.

↠ Eveline
↠ 4 | ★★★★☆

As a young woman with anxiety, this was very relatable, and it was nice to see Eveline make the decision that felt the best to her in the moment, because as women, we need to trust our instincts