OK, So let me tell you. This particular book didn't catch my attention at first. I just thought it to be a silly little romance where someone gives some Emily some rose. Well, I just ignored, titles can be deceiving though. When my best friend noticed that I just ignored her one of her favorites, you know what happened.... Yes, bloodbath, you guessed it right. She literally smacked me with this book and I returned home full of bruises. Yeah, we are good fighters. 
 {My lesson: Never underestimate a short story and and never judge the story from Title!! If you have a friend like me, you'll pay for it. (dearly)} 
 So, where I was? Oh, yes, the title. They're are no roses in this book, only thorns, wickedly sharp thorns which cut right through my heart. After "The Last Leaf", this my wins the title of my favorite short story. 
 Well, at the middle it did went over the top, by I got right back to the track and at the very last page, I was pretty shaken up. Though I "smelled" something dark was going to happen, but I didn't see that one coming. 
 All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill.-Edgar Lee Masters, The Hill, Spoonriver Anthology, 1915 
 So, basically it is a flash back story, it opens up with the place where Emily was engulfed by Death and now rests peacefully in her grave. It is first written in a third-person narration-displaying all the events pretty clearly- but the story swings back and forth in time and so does the narration. It seems like Ms. Emily is observed by many people, through different sets of eyes and it does follow a pretty uncommon POV, it's not described as first person singular "I", but first person plural "we". So for those who are hungry for unusual POVs , this can be the solution. 
 Emily first is portrayed as haughty arrogant girl with tons of ego, literally tons! Slowly she loses all but her ego.... 
 She carried her head high enough--even when we believed that she was fallen. It was as if she demanded more than ever the recognition of her dignity as the last Grierson; as if it had wanted that touch of earthiness to reaffirm her imperviousness. 
 Time swings back and forth, back and forth, until it goes like a tennis game. But, it really is interesting! Questions start brimming about Emily and her lover, drastic events take place, suddenly she starts shutting people out. And then as slowly as a turtle and as fast as a cobra, the author shocks us with the ending! Mysteries remains unexplained behind a closed door! 
 It literally is very very spooky and I had too keep the lights on the whole night after I read it. I just didn't want some skeleton grinning at me, or some ghost coming out and saying "booyah" behind me. 
 People who love horror, suspense and mystery will love this one! 
 The last line is my favorite though! 
 Throughout the whole story, the author plays with the reader, like a cat plays with a mouse, pretty merciless author, right ? He played with all my wires, weaving a story in and out through those poor nerves and then BOOM! It drops a drastic ending, my intelligence got sucked right in the vacuum and believe me I was staring at the blank walls like a idiot! 
 As the town observes Emily and her love interests, as one betrays her and one suddenly goes missing and all about her father's property. Later, Emily seems too lose her sanity, mysterious things happen around her house and a awful smell, not "a-you-didn't-bath-for-days smell" but "something-is-dead-in-here" smell. Well, I won't spoil it for you, but the ending is pretty good AND creepy. 
 The story played with my mind, with my heart and left me in a cyclone of emotions, here I am hiding behind my covers and now I am biting my nails. To put all these marvelous aspects and tricks into a short story is amazing. Standing ovation for Sir. Faulkner. A perfect heart-wrenching short story. 
 Now, let me get one thing very clear, this POV could really really rattle your brain, so keep it in mind that the TOWN is the narrator. 
 Long story short: It is a pretty good story with well balanced suspense and thrill! A must-read for suspense lovers!