The Year's Best

I don't know if the feeling I have will be characteristic of the rest of the stories in this collection; however, I feel like the stories I have read so far give me a deeper insight into the emotions of the characters than the other short stories we have read. I have enjoyed these stories. Even when they seem to have nothing to do with me personally, I find myself relating to them and sharing in the sorrow. Just wondering, does anyone else feel they connected with this short story collection more so than the others we read in the past?