“A Kidnapping Story”
by Deb Olin Unferth
Minor Robberies (2007)
* * (Okay) Realistic
A woman thinks of the different outcomes that would result from her actions in a case of being kidnapped.
Talk about confusion. I had to go back and read parts of this story multiple times to figure out what Unferth was trying to say. In an attempt to be cute? the sentences instead became awkward and unclear. I thought the notion of running through the same kidnapping scenario with multiple results was a lot like the great Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books I loved as a kid – without the choice, mind you. Overall, if the sentences had clearer, the story would have been an entertaining, quick little read.
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