Review: No surprise ending
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2013
This gets 2 stars because there is so bad I couldn't finish (1 star), and absolutely dreadful, but finish able (2 stars).  This is finish able, but I don't think anyone should bother.The entire first part of the story is nothing but the background notes the author created for the main characters friends.  The information we need was contained in the phone calls the main character makes/receives from the bar.  We don't need to try to remember pages of information.There is no surprise ending.  Anyone who has ever encountered any sort of fiction--books, TV, movies, radio dramas, and old songs (hint: "Strange things happen in this world" kept running through my head as I read this)--knows exactly what the ending will be.  There was no need to invent a new format for dialogue.  And while we're at it:  If the dialogue has to be in italic, indicating "something strange" shouldn't the entire last  of the book be in italic?  It was not only annoying but inconsistent.Don't waste your time with this.