A review by chuckstafer
The Frolicking by Grant Wamack

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I finished this novella because it was getting trippy and I was holding out for something, but this was not a great story. It felt unfinished. Yes this was an ARC that I read so there may be edits coming, but the story just felt haphazardly thrown together without a lot of thoughtful planning. The characters weren't engaging and worst, were annoying. None of the decisions they made during the story made any sense and several times the characters would completely change without any warning. I think the story would have benefitted from some kind of additional background on this frolicking event and the family and what the heck was happening and why to add a bit more weight to the events. It also would have been very useful for the author to include some better reasoning for the characters to attend this event. The reason they went in the first place was extremely thin and I could not understand why they continued with things like they did. 

There was never any explanation of what this Frolicking was, and the novella ended so abruptly that all I could think was "Is that it?". The premise of this novella sounded very intriguing, but the actual story and composition of this novella were not good.