Comments on: Right-Sized Rats by Deirdre Sinnott

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[...] Right-Sized Rats by Deirdre Sinnott [...]

By: Roberta F. King

Roberta F. King — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Wow. Vivid and anxiety-causing. Very good writing.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:14:00 +0000

I’m dissatisfied with this. The flashback incident of the assault on two young sisters had to be traumatic for both young girls and yet the writer does not deal with the issue of trauma at all, but rather laughs it off. What’s the element of insight and growth here, in the intervening years, that this story is a platform for?

By: Judy Mandel

Judy Mandel — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Beautifully done and captivating!

By: Kaylie Jones

Kaylie Jones — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:18:00 +0000

I am so proud of Deirdre for writing this story. For the time she took to get each detail perfectly. The lack of hysteria or self-indulgence. It is a masterpiece of literary control. Primo Levi would surely agree.

By: Jane Ades

Jane Ades — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:55:00 +0000

I’ve read an earlier version of Deidre’s story and its as moving now as it was then.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Deirdre Sinnott can really cast a spell on a reader. My heart hearts after reading this. Beautiful, beautiful writing.