Review: From the Fire  Novelette Episode 1
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2012
I give this short book 3.5 stars but since that is not an option and it is better then a 3 star book, I am pushing it up to 4 stars.This novelette is full of action and suspense.The pace of the story starts off solid and increases into a nail biting, edge of your seat thrill.It was easy to relate to the protagonist in the book, and understand her doubts, fears, hopes, and motivations.The author did  a good job in creating believable settings.I found the  brief reference to watching survivalist shows on television (as a way to prepare) amusing.I found a few faults within this novelette, all of which were in the narrators introduction or with the authors writing style. the first is that it is way too short (26 pages roughly 14,960 words).The next was that the notes from the interpreter makes it sound like this book was reconstructed off a diary, but there is no actual diary entries. The book is written in limited third person point of view, which conflicts with the concept of this being a survivors recounting of the events.I did not understand why in the intro of the book the author said that there were times the main character was 'unlikable'? Where did that happen? Must be something in future segments?Overall this was a good read. I recommend it to apocalyptic genre readers.