Title: The Last Girlfriend on Earth
Author: Simon Rich
Genres: Short stories, humor, books on TV
I checked out this book after watching an episode of ManSeeking Woman. It’s a show where modern dating rules, anxieties, and conundrums are mixed
with the absurd. For example, in the episode I watched, one of the main
characters dates Santa Claus. This is not seen as ridiculous because everyone
believes in Santa Claus, he is a real person but it is scandalous- Santa is
married, after all. Other short stories were about a man who is engaged to Mother Teresa, a Jewish man whose ex-girlfriend is dating Adolf Hitler, and the title story about a man who is dating the last woman alive on Earth.
I normally don’t read short stories because a lot of short
stories leave a lot to be desired in my opinion or they end on a cliffhanger.
The short stories in The Last Girlfriend on Earth are mostly satisfying, snarky, and funny. There
were a few that left me with a Huh? feeling but I enjoyed most of the stories within the book. I will be adding Simon Rich's other works to my "to-be-read" pile.
