Dubliners

It feels a bit weird to review classic literature. Like, do I have the right to give James Joyce 4 stars? No, I don't think I do... I literally found this book on my shelf with my undgrad notes still tucked inside along with the cheat codes to my then favorite video game. So yeah, I'm giving it 5 stars because there is a reason that Dubliners is taught in undergrad and why it's the best introduction for anyone interested in Joyce. I enjoyed slipping back into the lives of everyday people, their trials and tragedies. It brings back a lot of great memories from high school and undergrad, and now from my trip to Ireland where I visited a bunch of the places mentioned in the stories. “The Dead” was the first Joyce story I ever read, and I remember just being deeply affected by it. It's still quite affecting now. I harbor a secret and extra-pretentious desire to write a short story collection called Denverites.