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erine's review
medium-paced
The overly-embellished font is a little challenging to read, and that might be the best way to sum up the entire story. The overly-embellished Mr. Gulch is a little hard to read, except not really, because he is scamming the town of Puddletrunk out of every hard-earned penny, which is painfully obvious.
There is much that is not so obvious, however: whether the newly-arrived clock repairman is clued in to Mr. Gulch, whether Mr. Gulch is himself the termite problem, and why he leaves so quickly instead of trying to convince the townsfolk that he is still the one-man solution to all the town's problems.
A timely tale of snake-oil and conmen, of seeing people for what and who they really are, and of the importance of asking yourself "what is this person getting out of this seemingly convenient arrangement."
There is much that is not so obvious, however: whether the newly-arrived clock repairman is clued in to Mr. Gulch, whether Mr. Gulch is himself the termite problem, and why he leaves so quickly instead of trying to convince the townsfolk that he is still the one-man solution to all the town's problems.
A timely tale of snake-oil and conmen, of seeing people for what and who they really are, and of the importance of asking yourself "what is this person getting out of this seemingly convenient arrangement."
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