Review: Underdeveloped
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
I received this from Library Thing to read and review. Themis is a lonely artist living in Greece.  His grandmother has taught him to ignore everyone and everything around him because they are only distractions from his genius. When a local shopkeeper is killed and scalped, Themis, also fueled by his grandfather's brutal murder by the Nazis years before, sets out to avenge the killing.  He figures that two Nazis in the area around the killing with smirks on their faces are the killers of the shopkeeper. He goes after them. This story really chronicles the decent into madness by Themis, with the killing and memories of his grandfather only helping things along. The author writes quite well but there are numerous errors in spelling, punctuation and word use (use of wrong words) throughout.  If the reader can get past these, then he/she can find the story. I think the many errors and brevity of the story make it not quite as clear as it could have been, and left me trying to figure things out as I read it. I think the fact that the story covers the Themis and his killing of the grandfather, frenzied painting after the shopkeeper's murder and hunting down the Nazis was almost too much to put into such a short time and space and would have been better written in a longer format. There was little time for character and/or plot development. Still, the story is fascinating to read, and could be even more interesting with a good editorial review.