Review: Bluebeard's First Wife

Bluebeard's First Wife by Ha Seong-nan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A refreshing collection of short stories:


1. The Star Shaped Stain - This was depressing, based off a real story of a summer camp that burned down with children in it.
2. Bluebeard’s First Wife - Interesting story. A woman marries a man and moves with him to New Zealand.
3. Flies - A man joins a police station in a remote town. He is an outsider and things happen (no spoilers!)
4. Night Poaching - The same feel as "Flies". In fact, I initially thought it might be a second part to that story. I enjoyed this a bit more though. A detective goes to a remote town to solve a murder.
5. O Father - A father seems to have a double life only his daughter is privy to.
6. Joy To The World - A woman is about to get married to a man. One drunken night she hangs out with him and his friends and finds out they harbor a secret.
7. The Dress Shirt - Another depressing one, surrounding a student suicide by jumping off an apartment building.
8. On The Green, Green, Grass - A couple has a disabled son, and a dog they love, which runs away, so they search for it.
9. A Quiet Night - An almost funny story. Although for much of it it seems like it could be tragic. About noisy upstairs bratty kids.
10. Pinky Finger - May favorite story. A woman gets into a cab alone. Things go wrong but not in a way you'd expect.
11. Daisy Fleabane - A girl gets hooked by a fishing line.


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