Reviews

The Landfill by Kevin Hopson

celjla212's review

3.0

This is a very easily readable short story that I quickly got into and finished. There's really not much I can say in a review about a story of this genre without giving anything away. Billy is really a nice kid and you do feel for him and all the loss he has suffered at such a young age. In his household, you get the sense that Billy and his Dad are two people trying their best to pick up the pieces but will never be able to set them right again. Though this was a short read, the author does a nice job of humanizing the characters and building a level of suspense.

I am rating it 3 stars because, while the twist ending was unique and absolutely unexpected, I'm not exactly sure what happened in the last couple of paragraphs. I appreciate the author coming up with such a cool story, just for me I would have liked to see it wrapped up in not such a rushed fashion.

beastreader's review

4.0

Billy and his best friend, Connor are walking home from school when Billy asks Connor what the big pile of dirt is. Connor says it is probably a landfill. Billy is curious as the dirt pile is not anywhere close to the city dump. He asks his father as well and his dad does not know. Now Billy is really curious. He drags Connor with him to check it out. They see a man digging a hole and burying something. Wait is that a baby?

This is a quick, short story at about 33 pages. However you would not miss anything by reading this book. In fact, after I was done reading, I wanted more. This book had a bit of a Stephen King feel to it. I sure was not expecting the ending. Just as things were getting exciting in the story, the author went and threw me the curve ball with the ending. I now have to go check out this author's other books.