Review: dead doughboy walking
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2012
This was a really interesting read.  I cannot recall reading anything quite like it in recent memory.The story opens as first person narrative that finds that person tramping through a purgatory type place.  He thinks he is compromised by head injury and due to such plot device, the jumping about without a lot of cohesiveness works within the tale.  The tale has us watching as he stumbles about trying to get back to his platoon (wake up from this injury or nightmare).  He makes it back - but not in the way he would most desire. Then there is a domination struggle and a secret learned that brings about the rest of the tale.While imagery was not really vivid like one may want in a tale - the reality is - the FEELING is more pronounced for such.  The author made a good show of conveying the tension via feeling evoked in reader (over painting a vividly grapich gore scene) . There IS gore, don't mistake my meaning.  However, the imagery is just always a bit out of focus lending more tension as reader envisions several possible images and feels more suspense for their imagination trying to fill in the grey spots.  I am uncertain if this was author intent, or just blind luck it worked out such manner.  But is a very good show that - in this reader's opinion.I don't normally give 5 * for shorts.  While there were a couple things missed in editing - it was scrubbed well.Recommend author.Christine