Review: Induces nausa from an implausible protagonist
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
I'm slightly dizzy after reading this short story. Not from the horrific situation, nor the gore, but from rolling my eyes so much. Author Edward Lorn does such a great job setting up two believable main characters; two lovers caught in a cheater's quarrel, Colton and Julie. But right when you get comfortable with their plight, he does away with Colton and readers are left with Julie fighting for her life after a terrible car collision. As she's crawling away from a dreadful situation, she constantly spits out sarcastic one-liners.Not only is she foul-mouthed, but she can't stop laughing at her own sarcastic thoughts. And laughing out loud. A lot. If I were the captor in this situation and my captive is laughing out loud for seemingly no reason, I would be more of afraid of her than I would be of getting caught. My eyes had a hard time reading after constantly rolling due to her constant quips, such as: "This Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! at the Tree Dome: Evil F--- versus Morbid Comedian! GETCHER TIGGIDS!" Not to mention the constant insertion of "(I suggest you crawl)" as she moving away from the evil that awaits her.Such a strong opening led me to believe I was in for a great ride, but honestly, after the accident, there's no need for the opening at all. Readers would be fine with only the latter half of the story since it references little with its first half. The story is well written and the plot is solid, but the protagonist is just unlikable and sarcastic. I don't think anybody would act as such if they were in a life-and-death situation such as the one presented here.