Review: Life is Hard...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2012
This collection includes three short stories, all of which deal with people in difficult, life-changing situations. The protagonists include a couple about to lose their house, a woman convinced her husband is going to kill her, and a group of criminals who appear to be plotting a major crime.I enjoyed these stories, and I found the ideas behind them to be interesting. I thought the stories could be more developed, however, both in plot and character development. I actually think that several of them are too short, and could stand to be fleshed out more fully. I would be interested to see what Iden would do with a novel-length work. He included a short essay at the end of the collection explaining his ideas and what he was trying to accomplish. I really appreciated that, and it added to my appreciation of the stories. I wish more authors would do that.