This is the second book that I read of [a:Laura van den Berg|2741263|Laura van den Berg|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1369171913p2/2741263.jpg] and I most say... Is too short. I like it, I like the fact that she centers her books on broken women, from what I know [b:The Isle of Youth: Stories|17910317|The Isle of Youth Stories|Laura van den Berg|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1379147114s/17910317.jpg|24035991] will also be like this. I already read [b:What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us|9850484|What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us|Laura van den Berg|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328774533s/9850484.jpg|6584301] and this one. Both books produce the same effect in me. Part of myself was disappointed at the beginning, even wondering why I read one more book of her, but I continue, I continue because this time I was prepare to what I call now the "van den Berg effect". At the beginning I am not sure I will like the book, I read the stories and then i go back and start to reach the stories from another perspective. But this time they did not had that much magic, maybe 3 pages is not enough for me to feel attach to all these woman. I like the book, but I think that the stories of her first book have more magic. My favorites here are "The Golden Dragon Express" and "Cannibals". Again, it seems for me that she left the best for the last. One of the things that i like from her is that she manage to put all these women in completely different context and story lines and by the end they are all broken is like trying to show us, that no matter the circumstances, most of us we will ended up there, broken. ( )