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I have been living under a rock. That is honestly the only explanation that I have. How else could someone that reads as much as I do somehow miss out on reading Gillian Flynn? I mean I have heard of her and have had every intention of picking up one of her books. I think I even checked one out from the library at some point. I just never got around to actually reading any books with her name stamped on the front. When I saw this story, I knew that I could find the time to read this short piece and finally sample this incredibly popular author's work.

This short story does a lot of things really well. The writing is really good. I mean really, really good. I picked up this book just to look at it and the next thing that I knew I had finished it. It is amazing how sometimes those kind of things just happen. It is short.....very short....but the story doesn't feel small. This is a big story filled with an intriguing plot, interesting characters, and passages that you will want to share with others. This was the kind of story that I had no idea which direction it would go and every twist was a complete surprise. I was a little sad when I reached the last page because I wanted more.

I read this story in hardcover and the presentation is cute. This is one teeny tiny little hardcover novel. It is pinch a baby's cheek kind of cute simply because it is so little. The story starts on page 7 and ends on page 62 and the actual book is only slightly larger than my kindle. It is a nice looking book but I am not sure if it is really worth the $9.99 price tag stamped on the back. I would probably recommend that readers borrow this one from their library or maybe spend a couple of extra dollars and pick up the anthology that it originally appeared in. I read the whole story in less than an hour even though I stopped several times to read passages out loud to my husband.

I would recommend the story to others. The writing was wonderful and the pacing of the story really kept my attention. It is obvious that Gillian Flynn is a fantastic storyteller. I cannot wait to read more from this very talented author.

I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books for the purpose of providing an honest review.

Initial Thoughts
This has to be the smallest hardcover book that I have read. It's so little that I just want to pinch its cheeks while saying how cute it is.

The story was pretty good. It is really better than most short stories I have recently read. This is actually the first time that I have read Gillian Flynn but that probably needs to change very soon.