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LOSS, by Glen R. Krisch, is a novella of intensely poignant emotion. The feeling that resonates within the reader is one that takes over, consuming their mind for its duration so that any external stimuli are pushed into the background. We first meet Angie and Paul Chambers at one of Paul's family's parties. The characterization--not only of Angie and Paul, but also of Paul's relations--leaves out nothing. I immediately got a feeling for his mother's, Imogene's, barely concealed distain for Angie, as well as the love that held the couple together.

". . . In an instant stretched beyond comprehension, an instant in reality compressed to less than a second, Angelina Chandler's life changed forever."

Before their marriage, Paul had told Angie of his dream home, and of all that he had planned. With her beside him, he felt complete in a way he never had before. Krisch is able to show us the depth of feeling that his main characters have for each other. Through a brief flashback, we witness how easily things began to fall into place for Paul and Angie after their unplanned meeting.

". . . You know, sometimes reality paints a better picture than the imagination."

After a devastating accident leaves Angie alone, we are able to all too clearly see how easily she spirals into further depression without her soulmate. Shunned by her hateful mother-in-law, denied the comfort of the only family she had come to know, Angie allows her very spirit to unravel in a pit of alcohol and pain killers. What more is there for her to live for?

". . . Living isn't the same as existing . . . "

Krisch is able to portray an environment that goes from blissful contentment to an endless sorrow all in the matter of several pages. Everything that once brought joy and life is now a stark reminder of all that is gone . . . of overwhelming loss . . . Even the once beautiful seclusion of a dream home becomes a constant reminder of pain and mental suffering so deep, that it becomes nearly impossible to see anything in a positive light again.

" . . . Promising to never leave someone discounted the inevitability of humanity . . ."

There is, of course, much more to this story that evokes such strong emotions in its readers. When things begin to . . . change . . . it's difficult to say if they are reality or the imaginings of a desperately lonely soul on the brink of madness. Ultimately, this is a story for the individual reader to discover a path through on their own.

Recommended!


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Loss a haunting novella of grief and madness eBook Glen Krisch Reviews

More of a paranormal thriller with a psychological twist, LOSS takes the reader through Angie's grief-stricken, Xanax-induced, drunken thoughts of both past and present. As she deals miserably with the loss of her husband, Glen Krisch adds the perfect amount of plot twists and character details to keep the reader sucked into Angie's hazy abyss while pondering what might happen next.

This is the first time I can actually say I really liked a book cover, too.
I'm kind of torn on this one because, on the one hand, I thought the descriptive prose concerning the protagonist and her mindset after the accident was hauntingly realistic and extremely well written. You absolutely felt her devastation and grief over the loss of her husband. On the other hand, the ending of the story seemed a bit hokey and didn't in any way reflect the excellent writing found in the initial 80% of the story. I guess to sum it up...it seemed that the author lost his way and completely changed his style for the ending. With such a great beginning, I'm at a "loss" as to why he would do that since this story had the potential to be phenomenal.
This story is a good read. There were a couple of parts that were a bit draggy and/or jumped a bit without full clarity. They were not huge deals though. There are several minor punctuation errors. Though, again, not huge deal as they did not stall pacing or cause confusion/rereading.

The ending was a bit rushed considering the beginning was so developed and in depth. There could easily have been 10,000 more words to bring about a fuller closure at the novel pace set initially.

The premise was interesting. The intrgral characters fleshed well. The genre allows suspension issues (nothing of substance) to be minimal. Even with the final confrontation with the brothers, the scene laid out was acceptable (given genre), rather than hokey. I find many paranormals /horrors to just wind up with gratuitous bunk. This one had the paranormal aspect in plausible manner (to this reader) .

I recommend the author and this title.

Christine
I will start this review with the positives. It is a novella and the story is very quick and flows nicely. Over all the writing was better than I was expecting. Unfortunately that is where the positives end. The book itself should not at all be listed as a horror story as it is heavily a story of drug dependency in dealing with the loss of a partner and the only paranormal aspect comes into play very late in the story and is underwhelming at best.

All of the supporting characters are very one dimensional and are just your very basic stereotypes. I had really hoped there would have been much more development with the family dynamics as these characters did have the potential to be very interesting. Dialogue is another area that needs drastic improvement. The main character for the most part was alright but her dialogue never seemed to match up with how she was written as well as another major character near the end again had just ridicules lines.

Also it is very apparent that the author has little to no knowledge of pregnancy, infertility or basic genetics in general. This was a big letdown as it completely pulled me out of the story by just how inaccurate everything was and also made the entire point of the story extremely unrealistic and downright silly.

Overall this story almost seems to be more of a first or second draft of a much larger story. I almost would like to see this author add more to it and flesh out more characters and do some more research and really bring this story to life. It has a lot of potential but unfortunately in this form falls short of anything worth reading and I cannot say I would recommend it.
LOSS, by Glen R. Krisch, is a novella of intensely poignant emotion. The feeling that resonates within the reader is one that takes over, consuming their mind for its duration so that any external stimuli are pushed into the background. We first meet Angie and Paul Chambers at one of Paul's family's parties. The characterization--not only of Angie and Paul, but also of Paul's relations--leaves out nothing. I immediately got a feeling for his mother's, Imogene's, barely concealed distain for Angie, as well as the love that held the couple together.

". . . In an instant stretched beyond comprehension, an instant in reality compressed to less than a second, Angelina Chandler's life changed forever."

Before their marriage, Paul had told Angie of his dream home, and of all that he had planned. With her beside him, he felt complete in a way he never had before. Krisch is able to show us the depth of feeling that his main characters have for each other. Through a brief flashback, we witness how easily things began to fall into place for Paul and Angie after their unplanned meeting.

". . . You know, sometimes reality paints a better picture than the imagination."

After a devastating accident leaves Angie alone, we are able to all too clearly see how easily she spirals into further depression without her soulmate. Shunned by her hateful mother-in-law, denied the comfort of the only family she had come to know, Angie allows her very spirit to unravel in a pit of alcohol and pain killers. What more is there for her to live for?

". . . Living isn't the same as existing . . . "

Krisch is able to portray an environment that goes from blissful contentment to an endless sorrow all in the matter of several pages. Everything that once brought joy and life is now a stark reminder of all that is gone . . . of overwhelming loss . . . Even the once beautiful seclusion of a dream home becomes a constant reminder of pain and mental suffering so deep, that it becomes nearly impossible to see anything in a positive light again.

" . . . Promising to never leave someone discounted the inevitability of humanity . . ."

There is, of course, much more to this story that evokes such strong emotions in its readers. When things begin to . . . change . . . it's difficult to say if they are reality or the imaginings of a desperately lonely soul on the brink of madness. Ultimately, this is a story for the individual reader to discover a path through on their own.

Recommended!