The Point [Kindle Edition]

I read alot of short stories. Very few authors can nail the short story. They either have little character development or the storyline starts strong and then abruptly drops off.

I did not see this with Rabig's writing. This book immediately sucked me in with its' storyline and heartbreaking events. The author managed to keep it creepy without having to go overboard in descriptions, even showing a main character with a bit of dysfunction which could explain the event which occurred to him. Absolutely loved this!

The whole of the tale is a MC telling about a place from college that saw several disappearances and one almost disappearance. He tells his story due to memories evoked when he gets an invite (or notification) related to reunion.

The story, while well told for the most part (not a ton of errors), was rather monotone in nature. It was fully a tell book with mere snippets of dialogue for showing things. And the telling did not grip, did not hook, did not cause huge interest along the lines of "I just gotta see what happens next." It felt flat affect and, thus, produced little effect in this reader.

The premise was interesting and could have driven many ways and involved reader emotion on many levels - had there been ANY type emotion (beyond apathy) conveyed. One does not even feel dire circumstances related to the near disappearance as it was not conveyed with any emotion by narrator. There was encounter and dude got away and I did not (at any time) think, "whew, that was close one, " or "get outta there buddy, you in danger! " - just read flat to this reader.

The ending was fitting related to the whole of the tale - evoked no response in this reader - other than "over." It was basically a non ending end given genre. I found no feeling of fear or angst while reading. Giving me impression that was a bit of a ghost story without any horror one could excpect of horror genre.

Unsure whether I would try author again, though I am certain many will like this short - it did nothing for me as a reader.

Christine

The story was okay. It seemed more geared to teenagers. It was clean in terms of language, which I tend to appreciate. There were no spelling errors or grammatical errors that I noticed, but there were some really long run-on sentences that were distracting.

All-in-all, the story was just so-so. I wasn't captivated by it. I didn't note any real suspense, no creep factor or anything of that sort. It was a sweet story for the younger ones, but it really did nothing for me.