Review: Worth the quick 10 minute funny read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
A very, very, very short story. I knew this was a short story when I got this book, I just was not aware of how short it was.Ethel is a 70-something widow who lives alone. One evening as she is getting ready to retire to bed, someone throws a rock through a window and breaks-in.Ethel tries to reason with the burglar, Mr. Thug, to just leave. The burglar, however, knows that everyone has some 'goodies' and he is determined to find out where Ethel hides hers.Shortly after breaking in, the burglar notices an awful odor and confronts Ethel about it. Ethel then tells him, that she can not help it as she is seventy-eight years old and that it is embarrassing. In the meantime, Mr. Thug threatens to physically harm Ethel and Ethel tries to talk him into just leaving her alone and convincing him that she has nothing of value.As I stated above this is a very quick read---anyone can finish it in about 10-15 minutes.  I will say that there is some cursing in this book and it is written by a British author--which you can tell by some of the wording and I was able to imagine the conversation between the two in British dialect. Like a lot others though, I really did enjoy Ethel and this fast read.As for the odor, well, I will not spoil it for you---I figured it out before the ending but, that did not stop me from reading this story.