Review: Extra Star Given to make up for "Poor" Reviewers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2012
A few points I'd like to make:First: I downloaded this free during a "giveaway". Had I not gotten it for free, I probably would not have paid $2.99 for a short story. Anyone with a Kindle should know by now to check MB size or pages. If you don't, don't downgrade the book or demean the author because you didn't check.Second: This book isn't a rip-off on anything. It is a "play on words" with the title of another book. The story is unique. If you haven't seen or read any other books with a play on words in the title or some part of the book, then you haven't read enough books to be reviewing a book.Third: This is a sweet, little book - with a disturbingly compelling first chapter that creates a real need to keep reading. An emotional ploy, tsk, tsk. Writers are like that, yes they are.  There is crisp and succinct prose, good clean and witty dialogue like:"{He}turned to dust before my very eyes. What would you call that?""A long night of drinking."Fourth: I now know who J.R. Rain is and am familiar with his writing style. I like it. Ergo, I will buy more of his books, so I'm glad I was given the opportunity to read this.I probably would have given it four stars, but after reading all the unsubstantiated poor reviews, I decided to throw in an extra star for good measure. I do feel the price is high for a novella. Even with the percentage difference from KDP, if you sell 2000 books at 99 cents as opposed to 100 at $2.99, you'll come out ahead and avoid the pitfalls of people giving bad reviews for pricing.A delightful and easy read. Thanks to Mr. Rain for offering it.