Review: Would Have Been a good Short Story
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
This really should have been a short story because of what it lacks.  For at least the first 35% or so (Kindle percentages) there is virtually no plot.  There is absolutely no character development.  There really need not be any since the characters are so stereotypical: the depressed cop fed up with the system, the abusive boss, the beautiful damsel and the boyfriend that never should have gotten such a babe.  There is also a lot of superfluous stuff - nothing about the ex-wife adds to the book.  It is not funny, germane nor does it move the plot.What is here is a nice hook.  The couple is reliving the Bonnie and Clyde bad-guys heroes scenario.  The twist at the end - the only real twist in the book - is also O. Henryish.  Unfortunately, the reader had to plod through 150 pages to get there.  The thin plot was good.  There was just not enough to from which to make a full book, so it plodded.