Review: Interesting!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
**DISCLAIMER** I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.This book is a series of 8 short stories in which the author wants to shock and awe you with an unforseen and unusual ending. Did he accomplish it? Yes. And no. He did in some and not with others. I have to be honest, based on the concept of this book I had high hopes. It started with a bang, but slowly fizzled as I felt the stories became too unbelievable, like what was happening couldn't actually ever happen in the real world.Unlike my other reviews, I will not give any spoilers away because, well, the spoilers would be the ending and that's the whole catch of these stories. So, if you want to know what I'm talking about you'll just have to pick up a copy of the book ;)The writing itself was crisp and easy to understand. The POV for each story was consistent and there was no head hopping going on.The amount of dialogue in relation to the narrative was well-balanced. I had two serious issues with the dialogue though: (1)The word "said" for a dialogue tag was used sparingly. That's not a good thing. Tags such as replied, asked, inquired, murmured, implied, etc. were used far too much that it made the dialogue seem stilted. (2) When there are only two people in a scene the need for tags is almost non-existant, yet the author used them consistently. It bogged down the stories a bit. I also noticed that the structures of the sentences (mainly those involving dialogue) were always exactly the same. It was: "Hi I'm Becky," she replied sticking out her hand, "and I need you to do this for me," she insisted.Will I read more? Most likely. I'm a sucker for things like this. It's a quick, easy read that will shock you and make you smile. Give it a try!