Review: OK, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
Let me start by saying that Andrew Grey is a great writer. I've read every one of his full-length books available for the Kindle, and I will read any full-length book he writes and publishes.But I have only given this one three stars because Amazon cheated.If you've run across my last few reviews, you'll have noticed that I really hate short stories and novellas. I like books with depth and development, with lots of detail, lots to experience, characters who grow over time. You can't do that in 50 or 100 pages, period.I am a very fast reader. I don't speed-read (I read every word and page and absorb every bit of them), but I read "cinematically" - as though the book were happening in real-time, like a movie. And I am a voracious reader - I currently have exactly 500 books in my Kindle library, all purchased in a little over a year. A short story, for me, is an appetizer. A novella is a snack. I prefer a full meal written by a brilliant author, like Mr. Grey.I only bought this book because Amazon listed it at 210 pages. They lied. At best, it is around 100. And just when the story starts getting good - poof, it's over. It's like a teaser.I don't like being teased, so I only gave this book three stars, even though the story (not a book) was well-written. It wasn't satisfying for me. It just wasn't enough. And then it ends like someone took an axe to it.I will attempt a refund from Amazon for their misrepresentation, and I will lodge a complaint. They don't do either their authors or their readers any good when they're deceptive about what they're selling.