Jule's Reviews > Mouth: Stories

“Mouth” is Puloma Ghosh’s debut and consists of 11 surreal, eerie short stories that sometimes even border on horror. Almost all of them are set in dystopian worlds and explore a variety of themes like alienation, mother daughter relationships, (sapphic) love, loneliness, and grief.
If I’m being honest, some of the stories were a little too absurd for my taste and I felt like the author had a lot of ideas and tried to incorporate as many as possible into this collection. While all of the stories are very cohesive, I still think that some could have used more focus on the characters and less on the eerie plot.
Still, I think this is a great, unique debut and I will definitely be checking out Ghosh’s future work.
3.5 stars

My favorite stories were:
Desiccation
Leaving Things
In the Winter
Supergiant
Nip

Thank you, NetGalley and Astra, for providing me with an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.