Review: It Was Just "Okay" and Nothing Special
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2011
With the Jeffrey Archer name attached to this story title as a short story contest winner, you would think this story would be pretty good to outstanding: it's not, it's just "okay" and I feel like a kid who has been over-promised just prior to opening up a birthday present thinking he's going to get a cool toy, but receives clothes instead and needs to act happy about it.There were, admittedly, several parts of this short story I could emphasize with the main character on, but it just seemed to drag and drag for a while then all of a sudden the tale is concluded.  Without having a spoiler, I do think the ending is a tad bit unrealistic, and I was expecting so much more; who knows what that something was, but at the end I mentally said "that's it?"That's a problem with being a well-known author - if you attach your name to something that is just "okay" or worse you start tarnishing the brand name, and future sales will suffer: look at all of the Tom Clancy spinoffs with his name sadly attached.  If you're expecting Jeffrey Archer quality, you will be disappointed.