Review: Small but filling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2013
Ever eat an appetizer at a restaurant and have it be unexpectedly filling, almost a meal on its own?  That's this book.  Normally I don't go for short stories b/c the format seems too brief to be satisfying.  And with many short stories that's true.  But in this story, each sentence added something and the author managed to imply a lot of background btwn. the main characters in just a few words.  And their personalities seemed well defined (esp. considered the limited space available to establish them).I dislike when stories ramble on.  In some books, you've read 25 pages and are still waiting for the story to start.  Not so with this.  The drama begins in paragraph one.  I've read stories 2-3 times longer where the author didn't manage as much as this one did in just 45 pages.I'll definitely be checking out more by this author.