Review: Darwinian short story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2012
I enjoyed this book. It is creative and the writing is interesting.This the third short story by Vincent Hobbes that I have read, and I am starting to identify a pattern in his writing.  In all three stories you pay big time for stupid decisions and for not not thinking far ahead. In this sense, it is Darwinian. In this story, for example, there are several clues for Shelley to figure out that that book was not a good book to read in that specific situation and yet she picked it.As a constructive criticism comment, I felt that that Shelley would have been more real if we could learn tidbits of her family problems. For example a child with some kind of problems, a strained relationship with her mother in law, etc. What are her worries and her dreams?I also would have wanted her to go back to the store over and over and learned more about her. However, realize this could not lead to the same ending, unless she is really dumb.  I am not elaborating more to avoid spoilers.