Review: It's Okay
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
I purchased THE FARM by Stephen Knight based on the stellar reviews. So I was surprised when it turned out to be less than stellar. That's not to say that Mr. Knight didn't craft a very good short story.  He did.  It has a fast paced plot and Mr. Knight is very descriptive and pulls the reader right into the story.The problem has to do in the attention to detail during the editing process.  A character is introduced with the name of Powers but in the very next paragraph he's called Powell. And in the following paragraph is called Powell again, but in the next paragraph he's back to Powers and remains Powers throughout the rest of the story. To me this was so distracting that it made an otherwise good story just okay.Does this oversight take away from the story? I think it does, especially in a short story. Nor do I think I'm nitpicking, Mr. Knight is a professional writer. Calling a single character by two different names seems to be an easy enough error to catch especially when it occurs in the 7th and 8th paragraphs of a short story. I, as reader, shouldn't have to flip-back and have to figure out is this character named Powers or Powell or are they two different characters and I missed something?Would I recommend THE FARM?  Yes, it's okay but it's not stellar.