Review: A captivating drama with just a few flaws
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2011
Jason has been confined to the Greenview Psychiatric Hospital the past eight years of his life, absent from any type of life outside the hospital walls.  He's forgotten his home, his parents, and most of his memories prior to joining the hospital.  He is almost constantly plagued with a recurring nightmare of him driving a car head-on into an 18 wheeler.  The problem is that Jason hasn't been in a car in years much less driven one since he's still a young teenager.  He has memories in this dream, but they don't correlate with any of his true memories.  What does this dream mean?  Is Jason simply going crazy?The author deals with these questions in the story superbly while continuing to captivate his readers with amazing storytelling.  I honestly didn't realize how drawn into the story I was until the end when I came out of a sort of trance I had been in while reading this short story.  My emotions had been engaged in a way that they normally aren't in stories; I didn't just feel sorry for Jason in his predicament, but I felt pain for what he was going through.  The other characters were portrayed in the best possible way in order to show the reader how kind, horrendous, or bland they truly were.There wasn't much to criticize in the story except for just a few areas.  First of all, there were quite a few typos that should have probably been caught in an edit, but there weren't enough to really detract from the story.  Also, while I absolutely adored the ending (it was genius!), it was a bit too rushed.  I would have liked just a few more paragraphs to fully explain everything, because while it was obvious to me what had happened, there were still a couple of questions that could have been cleared up.Overall, though, this is an amazing story that I can't recommend enough!  I was just so completely part of the story, it seemed as if I had actually been a part of it which is something I LOVE in any story.  Absolutely download this story; it will definitely be worth your time!WARNINGS - Language, Very Mild Violence, Very Mild Peril