Review: A great introduction to the work of David Wailing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2012
This book is the short story of Amy, whose "auto" reports that she's in a relationship with a man she's never met. However, it's much more than that - it's also a shrewd and often amusing portrait of a future in which social networking and convenience technology have gone mad.Relationship Status was first written for a Valentine's collection called Hearts and Arrows which I avoided because Cupid and me aren't really on the same wavelength. However, I was delighted to find that this short did not make me want to barf once. It was witty, discerning and at times, surprising.I meant to read half of it in the bath, but was enjoying it so much that I kept going. Now I look like a prune and it's all Wailing's fault.Whilst the plot was good, I felt that the strongest aspect was the deft social commentary.Although this story was very short, I feel it was well worth the 77p that I paid for it. If I wasn't already a fan of David Wailing, this introduction would definintly tempt me to try his longer books such asFake KateorBang (Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin).