Yak by Lois Cloarec Hart

Yak
by Lois Cloarec Hart
Pages: 69
Date: August 30 2013
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Series: None

Review
Rating: 3.5
Read: November 3 2016

This is my first stand alone story by this author that I've read (as in sold separately not as in all others are part of series, no all others are stand alone's in that sense as well), though still a short story - just not stuffed inside a collection.

A woman, Leni, of roughly 23 goes to work at a dinner on the night shift. She's not the most intelligent woman on earth, but that’s okay, not everyone was born to be a genius. She also apparently looks like a stick (going by her own thoughts).

While at the dinner, she lunches with her coworkers – all but one who she wasn’t introduced to earlier when she was lead around. Another cook. Sitting by herself reading a big fat book. Apparently everyone there is afraid of her, though no one seems willing to let Leni in on the secret about Yak – about why everyone is afraid of her.

Quite a neat story. Solid. For those coming along behind me, those who haven’t read the story – there’s this epilogue section. I’d strongly encourage readers to immediately stop when the words ‘Aislin’s begun to take yoga classes recently.’ That’s early enough so that your eyes can afford to slip a sentence or two, but no more. And seriously, try to stop there. There isn’t really much beyond that, maybe a paragraph. But do not read that last paragraph. I did. Cost the story 0.25 stars.

Why? Well, I liked the people in the story – mostly Leni and Yak (Aislin). Last paragraph is mostly conjecture, but it wasn’t what I wanted to think about. So . . . don’t read that paragraph.

So, something as simple as one paragraph, one word, can cost 0.25 stars.

Rating: 3.50

November 3 2016