Amy Hempel, The Harvest

I really enjoyed this story. I thought that the writing style was very different and a little choppy. It seemed as if you were constantly jumping from thought to thought with no real relevance. But it worked for this story. It kind of felt as if you were really listening to a person recite what happened to them, instead of reading a story made up by another person. I also enjoyed the fact that not only did the girl exaggerate during her story, but she told you that she was exaggerating, and that she was even flat out lying to you. It was fun to learn at the end of the story the information that she supposiably lied about because she felt that no one would believe it in her story. This kind of makes the story feel a little more real to the reader, then it makes you qeustion whether this person is simply making up something that she thinks you will buy. Which is all irrelevant since it is a work of fiction. But it makes the story fun to read.