Review: Quick 15 Minute Fun Armed Robbery Tale With Characters Telling Lame "Dad" Jokes Thoughout
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
I haven't read any of either the Lt. Jack Daniels or Nicholas Colt novels, but had no problem following or enjoying this short story.  The basic scenario of this one is a Chicago police office (Jack Daniels) decides to detour her visit to a relative by visiting a bar with a famous pool table seen on some TV show.  Bar regular Nicholas Colt also feels like playing on that table but is surprised when he enters the bar and finds a new employee won't let him do his own thing outside of the stated bar's rules like he's accustomed to.  The two obviously meet up where Colt tries to put on the charm and get somewhere with Jack by slipping in lame dad joke after dad joke into every couple of sentences. Such as a grape didn't scream when it was crushed it just gave a little wine.  That type of thing.  She's not opposed to doing the same back while trying to brush him off.  However a guy wearing a bunny mask and a shotgun is about to make lunchtime at the pub a lot more interesting.The lame "dad" jokes actually made the short story a lot of fun, the story itself doesn't actually have that much substance without them, but with them coming at you every 20 seconds or so, it's a fun way to pass about 15 minutes.