Really torn - 4 of the stories in this collection were truly awful, 3 just weren't very good, a couple were alright, and a few were the kind of honest and revealing that I would describe as sheer brilliance. I almost stopped listening to this collection after the first three, which were all so demoralizing and uninteresting that I attempted to return the book to Audible. (As an aside, the Audible narration on these was universally well done.) But for some unknown reason I kept listening, probably because I couldn't figure out how to return the book. Cat Person was the first good story in the collection, and still merits 5 stars from me; I also thought The Good Guy, The Matchbox Sign, and Biter were insightful and worth the time. Otherwise just skip this. Those four stories are the only reason I didn't give this one star.