Review: Short and not-so-sweet!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2012
"Lessons (and other morbid drabbles)" by Michael Crane, starts out with a lesson, by defining what a "drabble" is: it is a very short piece of fiction written with no more than 100 words. This book contains 25 drabbles. Some are very amusing, some are real groaners, some are just ...ehhh. Overall, though, the book has entertainment value. If nothing else, it's interesting just to see how somebody can write a coherent story using 100 or fewer words. It makes a great filler, for those times you're waiting in line, or even sitting at a traffic signal, because it does not take very long at all to read a 100-word story! In fact, if the individual titles didn't take up so much space, I'm fairly certain each of these would fit on a single page.I'd have to say I recommend this book because it is somewhat unique (I'm sure there are other "drabble" books out there, but I haven't run across any yet). I also recommend it because it is entertaining and fun. Even those "groaners" are stories you will find yourself wanting to retell!