A review by pinkpanthress
12 Hours by L Marie Wood

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—– ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!

The story is about a Cabbie who is just about finish a tough night shift. All he wants is to enjoy a hot coffee and watch the beautiful sunrise.

But then, his front window breaks and he gets mugged. As he waits for help, we get to hear the Cabbie's thoughts.

The events in the book have been recorded by the Professor and his team for 'Selected Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena'.

ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ ยท ยฆ ฿น ยฆ

The author did a great job with the POV! We get just enough hints about certain elements and the story unfolds bit by bit.

The main character talks about the mistakes he made in his life and seems to regret them... but while reading, I wasn't always sure if I should feel sorry for him or not.

This 80-page novella was dark, intriguing, and quite a bit sad. The Cabbie's emotions and thoughts felt real, even though it's a horror story. The reality hits you early on, but you still want to keep reading to find out what happens next.โ€ฆ and how HE will react to itโ€ฆ what HE thinks!

I enjoyed the fact, that this can be read as a standalone piece, even though it's part of a series.

I'm giving it 4 out 5 ๐ŸŒŸ!

๐‘ฐ'๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ, ๐’–๐’๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.