Review: Shallow developement
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
The premise is intriguing, but the execution is lacking. This reads like an extended short story. As a result the plot and character development are poor. As an example, the main protagonist (the pastor) repeatedly meets The Devil (Mr Paradis) and each meeting is .....flat, uninteresting, nothing unexpected. The Devil is Devilish with no subtlety, very flat. Then the pastor goes about his day as normal until the next meeting. The pastor knows Mr Paradis is trouble with a capital T but does nothing to dissuade the townspeople even privately. The army veteran wanders into the Devil's orbit with NO warning from the pastor who knows and ignores the situation. I anticipated the climactic scene long before it appeared. The female 'admirer' seemed out of place in the story until the very end. Disappointing.