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allthatissim 's review for:
The Highway Man: Short Stories
by J. Alchem
** Note: A free copy of the book was provided by the author and Sidra Ahmad in exchange for an honest review
There are 3 short stories in this book all related to different topics. In the introduction, author says that these are his babies and he hide them from the world for two years! Though the introduction sounds good, I hope the stories were that good too.
I originally rated it 2.5 stars but half extra star for the first story. The first one was a good thriller kind and hope that the rest of the stories were similar too. However, it's a story about an author who fells in love with the main lead of his novel. It was something interesting to see.
I loved the concept of the second story. It's a dream for all the wives that their husband them them like that not for just a single day, but everyday. The story of Sidzy and Jihan was cute. But I must say, I was not a fan of the writing here. There could have been some more insight. The repeating lines like "why do you love me so much?" and "what good deeds have I done to get you" made me irritated. Those lines just kept repeating over the whole story. I really wished it to be written more beautifully. And I don't know, if anyone else felt this, but I kept thinking that some surprise is coming, something bad is going to happen, but nothing. I guess it was effect of the first story.
Third story had the same issue - beautiful story but not that well written. The motive of the author was clear that what he wanted to express, but he has not expressed it well. However, this story tells us that how important it is to be happy everyday despite the hard conditions and how you can make other people lives happier by just doing the act of happiness.
If you need a light read or you are going out and want to read something quickly, then this is for you. Though the stories are good, its not well executed and I wish there were some more stories.
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There are 3 short stories in this book all related to different topics. In the introduction, author says that these are his babies and he hide them from the world for two years! Though the introduction sounds good, I hope the stories were that good too.
I originally rated it 2.5 stars but half extra star for the first story. The first one was a good thriller kind and hope that the rest of the stories were similar too. However, it's a story about an author who fells in love with the main lead of his novel. It was something interesting to see.
I loved the concept of the second story. It's a dream for all the wives that their husband them them like that not for just a single day, but everyday. The story of Sidzy and Jihan was cute. But I must say, I was not a fan of the writing here. There could have been some more insight. The repeating lines like "why do you love me so much?" and "what good deeds have I done to get you" made me irritated. Those lines just kept repeating over the whole story. I really wished it to be written more beautifully. And I don't know, if anyone else felt this, but I kept thinking that some surprise is coming, something bad is going to happen, but nothing. I guess it was effect of the first story.
Third story had the same issue - beautiful story but not that well written. The motive of the author was clear that what he wanted to express, but he has not expressed it well. However, this story tells us that how important it is to be happy everyday despite the hard conditions and how you can make other people lives happier by just doing the act of happiness.
If you need a light read or you are going out and want to read something quickly, then this is for you. Though the stories are good, its not well executed and I wish there were some more stories.
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