Kudos for Chris: George Willson's review of 'Bent Soul'

This was very clever and very funny. I laughed out loud several time during the course of reading this. It is extremely dialogue heavy. In fact, it is all dialogue, but the dialogue drives it too. It read very, very quickly with the banter between Ryan and Kyle. I glanced down once and I was thirty pages through it without even noticing. That's some good dialogue.

It felt very much like a series of tableaus where the characters went through a series of linked situations in resolving the issue Ryan has. Each of the situations was very amusing and through all 108 pages, the chatter just kept driving it along. I am impressed.

Though it occasionally went off onto apparent tangents, somehow it all tied together into a cohesive whole. I usually start reading with the intent of critically analyzing it, but after a few pages, I got into the story and just read through it. Not really any loose ends; your main characters are well-rounded and the supporting characters were quite good enough for the small sketch roles they played.

Another thing that I was waiting to pay off was the comment about Midriff Jones in that staring at her makes you do stuff. Well, no one played this out. I think that would have been fun, but the scene was complete enough.

What this most felt like was a Monty Python film where characters go through sketch after sketch, each one tied together to make a complete story. Good humor. Great dialogue. Maybe at some point I'll read it more critically, but for now, I'll say good job.

--George Willson