Review: Great stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
As I much prefer traditional whodunit stories, I don’t really read this kind of books very often, and at first, I just expected this book to be short stories on murders, revenge and car-chase. However, when I finally read it, I come to know that I was quite wrong and this book is much more than that.Although there are just six stories in the book, every one of them is arresting enough to be material for film adaptations. They are not just about killing or hatred, but there are messages behind them as well, even though not every reader may agree with what it has to say. Also, the presentation of the stories is quite interesting as well. For example, one of them is written in the form of a series of email exchanges.Without giving much of the plots away, I would say this book revolve around the theme of Karma: if you have done something wrong, you will face your payment in kind. This book demonstrates it in a brutal way, which is very clear in the story of the animal skin trader (I won’t give away anything). Not everyone may agree with this morally, but it is certainly a good read.