Heartbreaker

Interesting, crude little stories that are wordy and vague in such a way to seem arty. In other words, I have already read this style a million times. I was drawn in by the cover, dammit. Oh and Meijer has chops, sometimes they shine through here. I would like to read a novel by her where she is forced to spend time exploring things instead of trying to shock readers.
My notes read, “trying too hard not to make sense”. All that does is leave me unsatisfied and, after awhile, pissed off. Don't get me wrong. I don't need a happy ending (or even an ending) but obscuring what is actually going on in the story is just pointless. There's difference between being ambiguous to hide what is coming next from a reader and being ambiguous because shit is not fleshed out in the writer's mind. This feels like that a bit.
I failed to construe an actual plot to most of the stories, I just settled back to enjoy the ride. I can't say I liked them (the subject matter only provoked disgust) but they were interesting. The best of the lot are Jailbait (which is kind of fascinating) and Love, Lucy went there when few other writers would not have dared.