Thursday, September 15, 2022

Book Review - MANY WORLDS - The Novelettes of T. E. Mark - Vol VIII

 Well....where to start. Let's start with the first story, SIM

SIM

The story is fast paced. The characters are likeable. It has a unique story. The one thing that I didn't enjoy in it, was the way it jumped back and forth from the SIM to the present world. It if would have been written with chapters, it would have been less confusing. After awhile, I got used to the way it was written. It didn't bother me quite as much. I did end up enjoying the story. The ending was fitting to the situation/plot. 


VINDICATION

This story too was fast paced. It had good, well developed characters. I had an interesting plot. This one wasn't as confusing as the first story. The future world was quite interesting. The ending was good. It had a happy ever after. 

 

MANY WORLDS

I didn't care, in the beginning, about this story. I found it difficult to like the characters. The story itself was good. It was a bit slow at first. After the climax, the story pace really picked up and I enjoyed it a lot more. By then, the characters became more likeable or disliked, depending on the said character. The ending was good. Everything seemed to have been resolved.

 

In summary, the stories themselves were all interesting and well plotted out. They were all resolved at the end, which each ending satisfying. I did end up enjoying these stories. Yet, I'm still not a fan of short stories.