Review: Portrait of the artist as a young avenger - 3 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2013
Themis had it drilled into him as a boy growing up in Greece that his single-minded goal should be to develop his talent as an artist. That was from his grandmother, whose husband had been brutally executed by Nazis during the war. Years later, after seeing two skinhead Neo-Nazis smirking at the gruesome sight of a murdered black man, Themis was certain that they were the killers. His sense of outrage led him to consider vigilante justice against the two skinheads. As he embarked on his mission to avenge the murdered man, he realizes that his grandmother may have had other plans for his life.It's a good story, and it's not too farfetched to believe that similar stories could occur in real life. Themis may have been insane, but he had enough self-awareness to question whether he had become a psychopath or not. You can decide that for yourself.Regrettably, I have to comment on the writing of the story. The author's writing style was quite good and I enjoyed the story, but there were too many misspellings (examples: "waist" instead of "waste," "past" instead of "passed") and grammatical errors. The story needed an editor's touch.