You Know When the Men Are Gone

3.5 rounded up

I'm not sure why I picked up that book but I'm pretty certain I am not the right audience for it so take my rating with a grain of salt.
It's not a book with a proper story it's more of slice of life type of deal and there is a lot of characters that you don't get too much time with (maybe that's part of the point of the book?), which was kinda frustrating. The writing style is pleasant and the stories seem fairly uncluttered so while we don't get full stories there's still a feeling that the author said what she intended to say, nothing more and nothing less.

I'm really not a fan of short stories (bad English major!) but I enjoyed this collection. I think it could have been strong as a novel as well, if reconstructed. A good peek at the different lives led in a military base. I did feel one character, the one suffering from PTSD, could have been strengthened and portrayed more empathetically.