Review: A refreshing book with unusual stories and surprising endings that make readers think
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
This first book by Julien Haller is very refreshing; its writing is different from most books of short stories. Haller describes unusual events with surprise endings that prompt readers to think. He introduces his book with a personal story of how he matured and learned that he was not a character out of Atlas Shrugged, ceased being pompous and pretentious, of being an ubermentch, and stopped being overly self-indulgent and misusing vodka. This preface, like the rest of the book, is well-written and grabs the interest of readers. Other stories include: why did men who captured a pre-historic man not kill him; what was a woman doing in a doctor’s office and why did she fear that what happened to her sister will happen to her; and the struggles a seven-year-old boy went through when he heard a preacher speak about the punishment for blaspheming.