Genre:
Suspense/Short Story
Description:
“Out of seven billion people, one man has declared war on Mother
Nature and plans to bring it to its knees.
Out of all the criminals in Los Angeles, he’s the number one target
being hunted by the LAPD tonight.
And out of the entire LAPD, one officer is hell-bent on helping him
complete his mission.”
Author:
Information on the author is sketchy, but it appears he is an
Australian college student.
Appraisal:
As I sat down to write this review I read the book description above
and said, “oh, that’s what was supposedly happening.” Sure, that the police
were chasing someone was obvious. That this was an intense chase with lots of
action was apparent as well. Beyond that the only feeling I had was
cluelessness. I wasn’t following what was happening or why I should care.
Sometimes with short stories you have to fill in the gaps with your
imagination, but my imagination came up short on this one. I didn’t get it.
The author did show a flare for language to show the intensity of what
the characters were experiencing. But too often it went overboard, stretching
things a bit too far. For example, one character is chasing another when the
person being pursued is described this way:
“His target’s crazed eyes glared in delight at the polluted sight.”
So, we have a guy running away and the guy chasing him sees his eyes? Maybe.
But they’re crazed, they’re glaring, and showing delight all at once?
Seriously?
I wasn’t sure what to make of a line that said, “a globule of nausea
suddenly shot into his chest” and questioned whether saying a character “resisted
the anger that wanted to lunge him forward towards his target” made sense. I’m
confused as to what it meant when a character spoke with “blood-curdling calm.”
However, it is a quick read. Maybe you’ll understand what only
confused me.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating:
** Two Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 5-6,000 words
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