In most of the stories collected between the covers of We Want What We Want by Alix Ohlin, the action starts abruptly. Sometimes you feel like being privy to situations you are not sure how they started. And once the story is gone, you may keep trying to figure out what exactly happened with the characters and their stories thereafter.
It is a sense of emergency and a fast-speed pace of the story, but this is why you feel in most of the stories as being alive. From the life movie of many other people, you are offered a dense sequence. Then, the story is over and you are hopping to another reality.
There are life events featured, in most cases taking place in remote parts of the world. The characters are however well travelled, multicultural, sometimes with a zest of the life that once was.
What surprises is the humanity of those stories. They are alive, not just abstract creations of a talented mind. They are us, inspiring, talking, doing nothing. This sensation of an unfolding story as a slice of life is unique to Alix Ohlin.
This collection open up my appetite for discovering more short stories authors this year. As for now, my reading start was very good and I can´t wait to share more such reviews soon.
Rating: 5 stars
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