Review: good preview of author ability
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2012
This is a short that is structured and edited well.  The author has a good grasp on dialogue elements and conveys rollercoaster emotions with skill.Stacey is a girl wanting to go to elite Cambridge.  It is her only goal and only plan on test score release day.  She seems almost condescending in attitude in her telling of her story.  Which could make a reader feel less empathy if anything bad happens to her.  However, the author used subtle tells in the work to allow something deeper to be shown about character (insecurity related to family and bettering self) so that when she gets her initial "faceplant " the reader feels one way, but the feeling evolves to something more sympathetic toward Stacey by the end.  Her two bad events occurring seemed to really bring maturity to character and was done without overt jumps that seemed convenient for plot.  Yes, it was short timeframe in scheme of things, however (due to it being subtle) it felt gradual.  Really good writing that.Recommend author for creative conveyance of common plot that flowed well and did not feel like repeat of similar reading (even though is common premise) .Christine