Review: Dislocated  - a review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2012
Dislocated is an interesting story. It starts off with a bang and grabbed my attention straight away. The writing is clear and succinct, with a wry, yet playful humour. However, after a few pages I became impatient for something to happen. The scene was set - obviously a catastrophic event had occurred, with everyone in the town seemingly dead and wild animals on the loose. But where was the story going? The protagonist lurches from one devastating scene to another but there seems no purpose to it. While the ending is obscure, it's left open to readers' interpretations, which I think is a positive. But in my opinion the book fails as a novella, and would have made more impact as a short story of 5000 words.After reading Dislocated as a stand-alone novella, I read that it is actually the introduction to a continuing story about Will. The author has set up enough intrigue for me to want to know what happens next, so I'll give him 3.5 stars.