Review: Excellent Short Story - Could Be Outline for a Novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2011
If you are looking for a good read during your lunch break at work, this one might be a good one for you - it took me about 15 or so minutes to finish this one.If you think about the nature of a short story vs. a novel, the obvious difference is the short story has one heck of a lot less words.  No kidding, you might say?  Well, because of that fact, the author has to be really good - and fast - to capture your attention, define the problem / main story line, then wrap it all up for a conclusion vs. having the ability to drone on and on for 100,000+ words (kind of like the length of this sentence).  The author does a great job grabbing your attention and understanding what is going on - I quickly found myself thinking about this one on a deeper level and, a few hours after having completed it, I'm still thinking about the story: that tells me it's a job well done as we've all quickly forgotten many short stories we have read over the years.Without having a spoiler, this one is a bit depressing - but a survival-type scenario I could envision, especially given the state of the world today.  I could also see this one being expanded from a short story format to a longer novel / novella.  If you couldn't tell, I enjoyed this one and am looking forward to reading more from this author.