Review: Fast Paced - Edge Of Your Seat - Suspense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2013
Okay first let me start by saying HELLO SHORT STORY - it was over before it started LOL and was making me scratch my head and say wait I want more - yes I said I want more. Wow this was a really great short story and I like that there are more - when you get to the end it even says so - so after I write this review I will be running to get more I can guarantee you that. With that being said lets move onto my review.I have always loved books with suspense, mystery, hold you to the edge of your seat, make your heart race wondering what is going to happen, are they going to make it, what is around the next corner, turn of the page. I love a book that has you riding high then brings you down so you can catch your breath just to get ready for the next heart beating rush. The Trestle has all of that making it a really great short story.Tom and Will are cousins, they live near what was once know as the worlds highest train bridge, many died trying to cross those tracks, many took their own lives from those very tracks. Will and Tom didn't come from much, for Tom had lost both his parents and shared a room with his cousin Will now. Deep down Tom had personal battles of his own and fears he needed or wanted to over come. One of them a fear of heights.So one night the boys steal away and head to the single train track that stretches into the darkness high above a river. No railings on either side, nothing to grab onto if one should slip, trains that come on a regular basis leaving a person only two options make it across before the train or pray you can get to the catwalk below without falling to your death or being hit by the train.Will tells Tom exactly what he needs to do to beat his fear, and with flashlights in hand they begin their journey out onto the train tracks. Tom is terrified but he is moving, he is making it, the darkness below is so deep he can't see which adds to his nervousness. But suddenly, there it is, the rumble in the tracks, the light growing larger, and just a few split seconds to make the decision. And it is a very last minute decision made by Tom.As the train passes Will suggests they head back but Tom has other ideas and continues on making it. Excited he has beaten that part of his fear he heads back and then it happens, a train out of know where, squealing breaks, darkness.....I wont tell you how it ends that would ruin it for you. There is so much more to this book than what I have written here. There is so much more to this story shared within the 125 pages. Lessons learned by Tom on this perilous journey are great making this an excellent book.