Brayden Marsh’s Reviews > Nine Stories > Status Update

#8 - "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" - This one felt the least Salinger. The narrator isn't nonchalant and the vocabulary is french and heightened. I did enjoy this, as I think it dives more into the narrators character than the actual narrative of the story. There are so many questions left unanswered. Typical Salinger ending... I left and continued on with life...

#7 - "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" - This one was okay... probably my least favorite so far. I get that it speaks to how people can be neurotic and unreliable in how they talk about significant others. It just took me a minute to get into.

#6 - "For Esmé — with Love and Squalor" - Aside from the weird romance with a 13 year old, I liked this story. I know it was a different time but when the narrator is flustered or seems self-conscious around Esmé, I can't understand it. I thought the ending was great. It definitely was a story of squalor.

#5 - "Down at the Dingy" - This story was cute. I love all of the stories so far. I want to know more about every character.

#3 - "Just Before The War With the Eskimos" - I liked the dialogue and the characters. The ending was a little strange, but maybe there is some deeper meaning going on that I didn't pick up on. This book is making me love short stories.

Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut - I really enjoyed the dialogue in this one. The characters felt real and complex. I didn't get as much from it as bananafish, but I think it warrants another reading. Great, so far.

#1 - "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" - I really enjoyed this short story. I'd probably give it a 5/5 just because of how much it does in so little words. I liked how Seymour treated Sybil. The more I think about it, the sadder it gets. Beautiful, though.