Review: What if you had only 7 hours left?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
The concept behind the series that Teardrop is a part of, is that the characters are given only 7 hours left to live, and must decide how to use that time. In Travis Thrasher's Teardrop, Mike decides to use his seven hours to relive his wedding day. Not just to spend his last hours with his beloved wife, but to take revenge for a tragedy that has destroyed his life.This is a fast-paced read, and on the shorter side for a novel, but that doesn't affect the quality at all. I have enjoyed several of Thrasher's novels now, and this was no exception. The characters are realistically drawn, and despite the ticking clock, I quickly felt invested in Mike's relationship with Ashley and the bittersweet notion of reliving their wedding day. Mike knows he's on borrowed time, but Ashley of the past, a new bride, does not. This makes for tension and also humor as Mike must balance his knowledge of the future with his memories of the past.The novel is fairly introspective, in that much of the conflict is really within Mike, as he struggles with buried emotions while trying to prevent the future tragedy but also cope with the fact that he's about to die. It's hard to say much about what I liked without giving away too much plot. This book is at once science-fiction and romance, suspense and mystery.I think that's why I like Travis Thrasher. He successfully combines the many disparate genres I like to read.