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A review by exploradora
You Only Get One Shot by Kevin J. Kennedy, J.C. Michael
2.0
***2 Stars, barely***
There are some books you stumble upon and just read, without really knowing what to expect and with basically no expectations. As I see it, there are two possible outcomes in this situation:
or
In my case with this book, it's the latter.
I gave this book a go mainly because I just stumbled upon it by mere chance and saw that it's a short one. I had a couple of hours to kill and thought the plot sounds interesting enough - why not have at it? Well, it's about four authors who one day receive a mysterious email, informing them that they should each either write the best story they can possibly write or they face certain death. These 4 authors will compete against each other and so in the end, one survives, three die.
Each chapter focuses on one author at a time and then we also get to hear each of their stories.
I literally had no idea what to expect, no idea of what could happen next. And no, in this case I don't see that as a good thing. It was all just weird... There was also a lot of swearing -and I don't have a problem with that, by any means- but here it was just weirdly used and it seemed...forced.
Another very weird thing was the plot twist and the ending.
Anyway, long story short -even though it may seem that this story has an interesting premise, I was not impressed with the execution. [b: You only get one shot|35666860|You Only Get One Shot|Kevin J. Kennedy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499954706l/35666860._SY75_.jpg|57127533] was not worth my time.
There are some books you stumble upon and just read, without really knowing what to expect and with basically no expectations. As I see it, there are two possible outcomes in this situation:
it's either a satisfying story that leaves you feeling good about the choice you made
or
it sucks so bad, that you find yourself looking up towards the sky, asking anyone or anything that would listen "what the f*** did I just read??".
In my case with this book, it's the latter.
I gave this book a go mainly because I just stumbled upon it by mere chance and saw that it's a short one. I had a couple of hours to kill and thought the plot sounds interesting enough - why not have at it? Well, it's about four authors who one day receive a mysterious email, informing them that they should each either write the best story they can possibly write or they face certain death. These 4 authors will compete against each other and so in the end, one survives, three die.
Each chapter focuses on one author at a time and then we also get to hear each of their stories.
I literally had no idea what to expect, no idea of what could happen next. And no, in this case I don't see that as a good thing. It was all just weird... There was also a lot of swearing -and I don't have a problem with that, by any means- but here it was just weirdly used and it seemed...forced.
Another very weird thing was the plot twist and the ending.
Anyway, long story short -even though it may seem that this story has an interesting premise, I was not impressed with the execution. [b: You only get one shot|35666860|You Only Get One Shot|Kevin J. Kennedy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499954706l/35666860._SY75_.jpg|57127533] was not worth my time.