Review: Good premise, but boring in execution
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2013
I hate to be a party pooper, but I didn't like it. I made a valiant effort to give the benefit of the doubt and hang in there, but at 50% on my kindle I just couldn't do it anymore. I received RL for free; but it really sounded like something I would like. I was anticipating a fun, quirky and irrerevent read - and it did have some humerous (politically incorrect and  irreverrent) moments; "glossing over the holocaust" comes to mind.Ultimately I had 2 problems with the story; the writing style and plot (or lack thereof). Not being a writer myself I'm not sure if I can clearly delineate just what it was about the writing style that I found off-putting. It felt rather like a story that was being told to me in bullet points vs. being fully immersed in the characters and their world. There seemed to be allot of "telling" and little "showing" and the characters felt one dimensional.My complaint with the plot is that as far as I can tell nothing much was happening outside of daily life in prison and the hero and heroine hoping to catch a glimpse of each other. So in conclusion, I like the premise and I thought there were a few moments here and there where I could see what the story could be, but ultimately I was lost in the execution.