Review: A Fun and Silly Novelette
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2011
This is a fun little story that will take you less than a couple hours to read. It's very well written and edited. I found myself smiling and giggling at the cast of characters.Jack Lynch is on his way back to his 20th high school reunion. The class nerd has morphed into a multimillionaire. John Lydon, the class of 1991's lead jock, will also be there. He hasn't had similar luck and intends to ask Jack for a job. Between the two men is Rori, a lovely woman with regrets of letting Jack get away.I won't go into too much detail on the storyline. It is a short story and I don't want to spoil it for you. What I will say is I loved Ms. Olinger's portrayal of heaven - angels in training, office of human resources, elevators to Earth, etc. I encourage her to write another story with a made up world full of silly characters. I feel she has a knack for this. I highlighted quite a few clever passages.The only drawback to the story (for me) was the similarity of the two male characters names. Jack Lynch and John Lydon. This was a problem for me. The story mentioned that these two characters were thrown together often in high school due to the spelling of their last names. That's fine, but did their first names have to be so similar? What was the reason for this? Many times during the first 30% of the story I found myself stopping and trying to remember which man was which. This interrupted the flow of the story for me.I'm sure this is only a problem for me. I also had issues with Stephenie Meyer's characters Charlie and Carlisle - two completely different men and people in her books.My Boyfriend's Back is a great story to read while you're waiting for your child to finish practice or during a soak in the tub. Highly recommended!