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A review by fantasyfunk
Justice Calling by Annie Bellet
3.0
Fun little short story and it was a free download from B&N.
The female lead and her friends were interesting but I would have liked more depth/development in the male lead. It was hard to get a sense of anything but stone-face killer. The plot is straightforward, but it really intertwined well with developing Jade Crow's character and I liked the mix. The whole thing read a lot like a prequel to the world/characters so I'm looking forward to everything being expanded upon later.
I see lots of people rating it down just because it's short which is ridiculous. It's a short story, not a novel, and the plot/character depth coincide with that fact. Drives me crazy when people give low ratings for reasons not related to the writing. It's fine if you wish it was longer because you liked it, but don't start reading an 87 page story and think it's going to be some deep complex masterpiece. Not that short stories can't be deep and complex (in before I get links to them) so maybe I just had low expectations for this and they were easily met. =) Plus if you think it has potential then move onto the next one? /endrant
I think the next couple are pretty cheap as ebooks as well so I'll probably pick them up and see where the story goes from here.
The female lead and her friends were interesting but I would have liked more depth/development in the male lead. It was hard to get a sense of anything but stone-face killer. The plot is straightforward, but it really intertwined well with developing Jade Crow's character and I liked the mix. The whole thing read a lot like a prequel to the world/characters so I'm looking forward to everything being expanded upon later.
I see lots of people rating it down just because it's short which is ridiculous. It's a short story, not a novel, and the plot/character depth coincide with that fact. Drives me crazy when people give low ratings for reasons not related to the writing. It's fine if you wish it was longer because you liked it, but don't start reading an 87 page story and think it's going to be some deep complex masterpiece. Not that short stories can't be deep and complex (in before I get links to them) so maybe I just had low expectations for this and they were easily met. =) Plus if you think it has potential then move onto the next one? /endrant
I think the next couple are pretty cheap as ebooks as well so I'll probably pick them up and see where the story goes from here.