A review by bookswithlee
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

3.0

I recently read fever dream so I was excited to get my hands on this from the library. I had high expectations, and it didn’t necessarily let me down, I just thought it was okay. If I had to rate the book based off of the first four stories, it would be five stars, but the other stories just felt unfinished and it didn’t keep my attention. I kept reading because I thought it would get better, but it didn’t. To be fair, it’s hard for me to give short story collections five stars as I judge the cohesiveness of the stories and if even a few miss the mark, my star rating will reflect that. I will continue to read more from this author as I do believe that she has potential and does a good job making you feel unsettled