Good — quaint. Sometimes it’s nice to read a book with little stakes and nice endings. People find themselves at inflection points in their lives and navigate those points with the help of books that nudge them in just the right direction. People open to new possibilities and opportunities, willing to do a little bit of openminded self-reflection.

I like the bit at the end about how society is just the connections between different people — and how characters from earlier and later in the story sort of wander by and through each other’s lives. I like anthologies like this. Good and comforting.