Gordie and Skoot Kill a Bear by James Renner
My rating: 3/5 cats
so, of all the little james renner short stories i have read on my nook, this one is my least favorite. it is not at all bad, it’s just that i really freaking loved both Keepsakes and Googleplex, so it was a tough party to crash. and, naturally, this is the one i hear is going to be part of a continuing series, so i guess i will have to learn to love it as much as its friends. although i have a feeling that this one will benefit from additional strap-on stories. it seems like there are more opportunities for expansion here, whereas keepsakes was a perfectly-encapsulated story, and googleplex could maybe have had a follow-up, but it would have weakened its impact. with this one, it will be interesting to see how it continues and where it goes, and who knows—maybe by the end of it i will love it with all of my heart, and i will look back on this hesitant review with fond nostalgia at how little i knew…
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