The Girl Who Loved To Read praises Daryl Gregory’s We Are All Completely Fine.

“We Are All Completely Fine” by Daryl Gregory is the story of a therapy group for those people – the unusual ones. People who have survived gruesome and unbelievable events and lived to tell the tale. A psychotherapist,  Dr. Jan Sayer, who has come to believe their strange tales has convinced the motley group of battered and haunted people to join group therapy sessions – which is exactly as absurd as it sounds. From the semi-famous, former boy monster hunter to the quiet girl hiding horror under her turtleneck and the man who cannot take off his glasses; the author manages to make them all human – fragile and strong and cowardly and brave all at once – in the best way, while never letting us forget their “otherness”.

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With “We Are All Completely Fine”, Gregory manages that same task just as well, and for me, combining that skill with a choice of subject so unique and fascinating was a complete hit. There’s only one problem: with its 182 pages (and feeling even shorter) the story is too short – I want to know more about Greta the flaming girl, Harrison the monster slayer, Stan in the wheelchair, the optimist Dr. Sayer and the other freaks! And although I love short stories and novellas, and genuinely think that the story completely carries itself well despite its short lenght, I just wish there was more of it… And if that isn’t the very thing you want out of a story, then I don’t know what is.

Read the rest of the review at The Girl Who Loved To Read.

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