Review: countdown
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2012
This download contains several excerpts of books.  There is no short story as stated in title and description.  Not literally.  However, related to previews they show author creativity related to premise ideas.  Each had an interesting undertone and sparked interest related to potentially obtaining future works by author.  The ideas were good and I did not find shortfalll with there being scenes of vignette length conveyed over shorts.  My exception related to errors and a bit of clunky sytle in conveyance.  I would have awarded the fourth star had these two things not been contained in text.There were a number of errors related to punctuation /grammar that really should not be such short pieces.  While they did not stilt pacing, they should still not be there.In the first offering the writing (at times) was clunky in conveyance of scene imagery.  Some things could be seen vividly, then image lost when a bit of overwriting (grandstanding of scene) entered.  It happened twice and detracted from overall.The second exceprt was (in my opinion) the finest offering related to imagery, tension, evoking emotion, realistically done without being over done.  This one compells me to seek out the full related to it.  It is well written and had a hook from first line to the ending.I think the writer has some great potential character and premise wise.  The work just needs cleaning up editorially and some tempered enthusiasm related to overwriting a character that is just a wee bit too perfect and infallable.I think many will find something to enjoy from these snippets related to future purchases.Christine