Herman's Reviews > The Pet Project

Well that was different:
Tried this one out and was pleasantly surprised and disappointed at the same time. Surprised because it was well written, interesting premise, particularly enjoyed the clinical POV of the Cryptop alien researcher the unaware voice of discovery the simplicity of setting and lack of backstory just rooted in the present no particular place or time these were elements of storytelling that I do not often see in many stories. The one exception that comes to mind would be Break Her By B. G. Harlen another risky edgy plot but the difference is that B.G. Harlen flushed out that constrained and psychologically scaring story into a full size book, while this reads as a good quarter of a book, a few chapters in search of a plot. I now know that their are two other books in this series so I imagine the rest of this missing story is to be found there in the additional two stories which explains my disappointment I would have liked the entire story in one book rather than the series of very short short stories that have no clear beginning or end. This book fits well with R.Lee Smith's books Heat or her other novel Cottonwood similar premise different approach I'm disappointed that Ms. Milo didn't take on the challenge of making this a more completed story but maybe next time. Still enjoyed the book just wished it wasn't such a tiny bite when I was hungry for a full meal of Alien abduction with slavery in a Sci-fi horror drama. Close real close but only three stars for this tiny slice of weirdness.