Review: I thought about this story after I finished reading it and several other books
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
It's hard to write a compelling man against nature story.  Morell pulled it off with "They."  Snakes, coyotes and the weather all conspire to make our hero's life a living Hell. The characters come to life and I thought about the story after I finished reading it and several other books.A cynic might say that it's formulaic, and you can guess the outcome of the story, but so what?  Reading a thriller is a bit like going on a roller coaster in an amusement park.  You often know what to expect, but the experience of it actually happening is what's desired.  It's not only well written, but well edited.  It would be hard to delete a paragraph or a sentence without diminishing the story.You might be interested in knowing that I read this short story because it was selected as a Kindle single, and because I know that Morrell is the one of the founders of the International Thrillers Writers, and people in that organization frequently say things like, "David Morrell" has forgotten more about writing that most of us know.  (I'm going to Thriller Fest in July, and I've been reading a number of thrillers by the speakers who are presenting.)If you want a good read that you can finish on an airplane flight, if you want a story that has characters that surface after you've read other books, you'll enjoy They.