Review: Very interesting idea - short and sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2012
I enjoyed this short story. It has a mixture of sassy language with an interesting idea for a plot.The language is pretty fresh: upchuck, fatuas, yapper, rubber- neckers ... it's all there.Yet its the idea of the plot that I found most interesting. It introduces the notion of a "re-life" - where doctors can bring back the recent dead... but only for 72 hours. It starts with the first case brought to court of Lois, who is asked "Did you see who shot and killed you?" Needless to say, it's an interesting idea where the dead can get revenge on their killer by pointing to their murderer.It also raises questions such as, how will it effect their loved ones? As the story says, it will be "hard on `em to see their beloved alive again, only to be put down a few days later."The challenge with any short-story is it's length. For similar prices you can buy full novels reaching over a hundred pages. But if you like "short and sweet" novels, then you should enjoy this one. For me, I enjoyed it enough to ask, "could it be made into a full novel?"