Review: Nice story about Alien Love
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2011
Reviewing the Kindle version.I enjoyed this short story for what it was, a cute tale about an introverted fast-food manager who finds short-term love with an alien girlfriend.  The premise was interesting and the characters were appealing.  But- I felt the story needed more development.  It left a lot of unanswered questions but no sense of mystery to go with them, and no sense of hope, either.I read three short stories by Carroll this week and they all left me feeling that the author didn't really let the reader into the character's head, and that there was a lack of destination, a sense that the stories should have gone someplace farther but didn't, that we should have had a better understanding of what was going on in the character's mind, and they were rather bleak in outlook.  I do think that Carrol has some very creative and interesting ideas and look forward to seeing more of his stories.