written by Eric
Glick
published by BrownpaperpublishinG
ISBN-10: 1434848256
ISBN-13: 978-1434848253
review by Adam Armstrong
11.25.2008
Still
waiting for something to happen.
Joe Berzinski just floats through life watching things as they
happen to him. His wife, Sarah, leaves him for another woman. His boss, Nye,
barely respects him. His father is dying of cancer. And Berzinski
just takes it in stride. Through a strange chance meeting Berzinski
starts a relationship with his wife's lover unbeknownst to all parties
involved. While his boss is trying to start a relationship with Berzinski's estranged wife. A man named Reed Devonshire
begins to appear in all aspects of Berzinski's life
and makes bold claims that forces Berzinski question
everything he has known his whole life.
The writing is good
and plenty of questions are opened up, but this book just doesn't really go
anywhere. The idea of Reed being something other than what he turns out to be
would have been a much more enjoyable book than people all being bound together
by a strange coincidence. Also I would have liked Berzinski
to have grown more as a character. He makes some minor changes throughout the
book but nothing really grand. I thought that in the end the character wasn't
much different from where he started. Glick has some great talent showcased
here and I think he can do great things. I just don't think that this was one
of them.
3 out of 5