Overview:

This novella was good! It started out slow, but by the end I was enjoying the story! The writing was fantastic.

Deep Dive:

My biggest challenge with this story was that the pacing felt off. A lot of time was devoted to the set up, but the set up wasn’t used much in the actual story. It’s a short novella, so lingering on something that didn’t affect the plot left the story feeling disjointed and awkward.

My minor gripe is the kilts. I realize the story explains why there are kilts in Ireland, but I don’t understand why an element that needed so much explaining was included. It felt awkward and shoe horned in for a few one lines. Also, women wear men’s kilts which doesn’t make sense, even with the justifications used in the text.

The writing in this is very polished. The formatting had some errors, but the writing itself was a pleasure to read.

I was impressed by how well the main character was developed through the story. At the beginning, I couldn’t stand the main character and almost didn’t finish reading it, but as the story progressed the character evolved and I grew to like him. I’m impressed that so much development was crammed into such a small story.