Review: Chilling, thought-provoking read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
Actual rating 4.5. It's not a full five stars because there were just a few formatting/editing issues and just a couple of times where I felt the dialogue wasn't quite spot on, but other than that, this was a crazy good story. I might even re-read it soon. It doesn't hurt that I'm in a Halloween type of mood.Things I liked:This won't hold as much punch unless you are actually reading the novelette and are reading in "real time" but this line was very powerful I think.(It comes from Thomas and he is talking to his sick girlfriend. She wants him to bury her under the Willow tree in order to "make her better." Here's the line: "It won't make you better. The grave is where the rest of you dies." - This line sums up everything. Thomas has to do it because she needs him to, but he also knows that once he does, she's gone. What a devastating idea. He's in an interesting predicament that she's already died, but hasn't. He has to grieve for her death in two different ways. One for the fact the remaining human part of her will be dead soon and two for the part that has already died, both of which must be excruciatingly painful. Could you even imagine?This story was scary for me because it made me actually really think about what would happen if I had been infected. What would my husband do? What would I want him to do? It's sad, scary and thought-provoking all at the same time.I'm just going to say it again, this story was amazing.