Review: Sad, yet also scary!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2013
I have seen quite a few of these very short novella's available here on Kindle but up until now I had avoided them because I just couldn't see how a story under twenty pages could possibly be worth my time... I was definitely wrong about that! The story began a bit on the slow side, making me feel even more confirmed that 17 pages could never create a story of much interest... thankfully once things began to speed up, they really kept going, quickly and eerily. Also sadly. This story has a real sense of irony in that one man loses one loved one by chance, another almost by choice, so that when "the dust" arrives, killing everyone in its wake who breathes in the dust the main character is all alone in a safe room meant for more than one, very much alive, and yet also very much alone. The concept of "the dust" is creepy genius that left me with a real sense of goose bumps. I know that I will never travel thru some of the dusty arid desert areas again without thoughts of this novel creeping into my mind, making me wonder if such small grains can take over such vastness as the regions that once bordered the Sahara Desert but are now nothing but miles upon miles of dunes, what makes the idea of it potentially taking over the entire planet so unrealistic... a thought I think I will try not to ponder on too much for too long.