Review: Part one of a serial
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
First off this is a serial. It is not a short story or a full story. It is part of a larger serialized novel. Don't expect an ending or all of the story threads to be tied up in a neat little bow. You will be left with questions probably that will hopefully be answered in a later installment. In a lot of ways it is like a TV show , like Lost or the X-Files, where you get a little more of the story each week along with a lot more questions.This first installment gives a wish fulfillment story. After a woman undergoes a tremendous lost, she is given the chance to fix everything with a single wish. Will she take the chance despite the warnings from another wish recipient?I know I said this is just the first part of a much larger story, but it is hard to not compare it to  similar short stories. It doesn't come off as very original nor as suspenseful as such stories as the Monkey's Paw. In fact, I did not find it either suspenseful or spooky at all. The characters were fairly flat with motivations that were not explained well ( hopefully this is one of those things that get explained later.)If this had been a short story, I would have given it only 3 stars. It got the extra star because of the potential in the story. It was interesting enough to make me want to see what happens, at least in the next installment, if not the entire serial.