Review: Enjoyable, cute (to my twisted mentality), and creepy.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2013
I found this short story to be an enjoyable, cute (to my twisted mentality) short story that does a commendable job at trying to get inside the head of a young child that has just lost a parent.One of the things I liked about this story is how you can see her actions from an adult's perspective at the same time it's told from that of a child.  I remember the squirming and fidgeting, the questions and acting up, of kids at the wake I last attended.I felt sorry for the young girl, not able to accept or understand death.  And I found it strange that the girl knew her mother had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments.  That took me out of the story a bit.  After all, she seems young enough that her family would simply call it medicine or treatments to make mommy better or something of the sort.The music lyrics were a great touch - very creepy.  I loved how the lyrics of the song and the words of the preacher took on whole new meanings to the ears of a small child.  What was meant to be reassuring, became ominous, even hauntingly disturbing.I find myself finding the story more creepy, disturbing, and intriguing than a horror story as categorized.  But, then again, I haven't had a good scare since I watched Nightmare on Elm Street and couldn't sleep that night (even though I watched it in the morning).  The story was cool, but I wouldn't call it scary.