Review: Quite Enjoyable Short Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
This is a sweet short story of romantic and family love which I enjoyed quite a bit. It was well written; I noticed one very small typo, which did not in any way detract from the flow of the story and in all likelihood will go unnoticed by most people. (None of the other three reviews, to date, mentioned it. It is just that at times, especially after having checked something I had written for grammar, spelling and typos (such as email, work, etc), I notice things of this nature easily.)While two other reviewers stated it ended too abruptly, in my opinion, this just was not so. It did not 'just end', in fact, after the protagonist makes his announcement about 'knowing what to do' - I watched carefully for that to happen after having read the previous reviews and it just was not so. Instead, the story goes on in some detail, describing events in the main character's moment-by-moment life. There is a short while in 'time' after his decision is made and the end of the story, but it flowed well, and, the story does, indeed, describe a decision he made, then leaves it's readers left to have HOPE that he now will be able to fully process his grief while he is acting out the parts of the decision that were detailed.This, I believe, is my first truly "SHORT STORY" review. (I could be wrong :) While I realize, fully, that it is a short story, and was described as such, even giving the page count in the description, I did not give it five stars for the simple reason that this I am not familiar with short stories, as a whole, and was left wishing for a longer story. Not that THIS story was lacking, it was complete as the author wished it to be, without any little annoying 'hints' at "More will be revealed" (...if you purchase another 'installment', which I am LOATH to do. Reading stories in increments, and paying for the pleasure over & over again, seems to me a waste of good money). It may simply be that 'short stories' are not my cup of tea. I have dozens of them awaiting my reading experience in my cloud, had a moment this morning in which to read more of the book that I am currently engaged in and chose instead to give this story a try.  I found it interesting, it fulfilled me in the time I had allotted to read.  It is an "All American Pie" type of story, with the exception that Gay Fiction is only in recent years catching on in mainstream reading America.Sincerely,Reba K.