Review: Not worth the price
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
This is the second work I have read by this artist and find it will be the last. This is the story of Lauren, who having been raped and unable to cope decides to end her life. After taking a bottle of sleeping pills she steps over the railing of the bridge and waits for the pills to numb her brain and allow her to fall the her icy death in the river below. Enter Colin, the loner from her creative writing class who prevents her from taking her life, who forces her to purge her pills and then takes her back to his place till she recovers. The story follows their rocky relationship as Colin tries to befriend her and Lauren constantly pushes him away. Finally, Colin corners Lauren and she admits the truth of her past and why she avoids any human contact. Colin is gentle, considerate and patient with her. But Colin has his own demons and only in the end do we learn the truth. What bothered me was that I felt as if I was reading excerpts from several other pieces, carefully edited to appear original. Combine "The Bucket List", "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Sweet November" and you will get the gist of this story. I'm sorry, but there was nothing original to be found in this story.