Review: Short story, good but not great
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2012
First let me say that I love Jennifer Weiner and think her writing has improved with each book. But this one reads like an outline for a story instead of a full-fledged short story. The characters are thin and the plot is even thinner. It certainly isn't a "haunting" story as it says in the description.This very much seemed to be like something a publisher put out to keep interest in Jennifer Weiner between books. Because of the lack of detail in the story, the price, and the lack of thought in putting this together, I was disappointed. I think a much better example of a short story like this is perhaps Lawrence Block's Ehrengraf's booksThe Ehrengraf Defense (Ehrengraf for the Defense)which is complete as short story. There is an art to the short story and it isn't just something that wasn't long or complete enough to make up a whole book.If you can get this cheap enough, it's an okay read.