Chelsea's Reviews > The Collected Dorothy Parker

I give this 2.5 based on the heavy hit or miss quality of the content in this book.
I am unsure of how I feel about Parker's writing because some of her short stories I like, some I understood but didn't like (totally my dislike for jealous neurotic characters) and others I glazed through and felt nothing. The same can be said for her poetry. However there were a handful that I photographed because I really connected with them. So I know that she is a good writer.
The reviews in the last part of the book were mainly a slog with the occasional wit and insightful sentence. But the reviews from her later life (Esquire) were much easier to get through. So maybe it was her writing or the writing style of the time. I don't know. But I tried and gave her work a big long 600 page chance and I doubt I'll return to her.
A little disappointed in her supposed wit. But it's probably just me.