Review: This is a Reading Good Books review.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2011
I love a good medical thriller.  I challenge myself in understanding all the technical jargon and keeping up with the pace and different plots of the story.  Short story thrillers are a little tricky.  Usually, thrillers take their time establishing the mystery and building up to the big reveal.  This book only had 5,000+ words to set it up and execute.The blurb seemed very promising.  It doesn't really give away much, if anything.  But it read like a teaser or a pitch rather than a stand-alone story.  The premise had so much to work on and a short story format was not enough for that.  A lot was left unexplained, including the "reason behind the cancer link with GM food".  So yeah, I ended the book scratching my head and trying to figure out what the hell just happened.The writing was excellent and polished.  I was impressed by that and frankly, that's the reason why I kept reading.  For its length, the character development was done well even with the time jumps.  But because plot development was severely lacking, I didn't care much for the story itself.  It could've worked as a full book or anything longer than a short story.Rating: 3/5.Recommendation: It's 5,500 words, it shouldn't take you too long to read.  I read it during my down time at work and still got stuff done.