Review: A disturbing and disgusting view of dystopia...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
While short story writing, in itself, used to be an art form, such is no longer the case.  It has devolved from a unique form of compact and symbolic writing into one whereby the author uses it merely as a prelude to a future, and much more lucrative, novel.  That being said, and using today's writing standards, this very abbreviated presentation does give us an insight into the author's view of a future world that wallows in the decay of its own filth.  We quickly glance back at a ten year old girl who had attended ballet school, live through her existence the present disgrace of shameless living and project her into that of being a putrid being's sex toy.  While I would like to state that this is the author's symbolic view of where she sees present day society heading as a whole, I resist for, instead, I posit that "what we see, is what we get".  It is merely a sad and eerie tale of poverty and perversion which only the human animal is capable of....