Short Story /Novella

Awww, I feel kind of let down by this. I just read it, right now. It's probably about 10 pages or so* all together, and I didn't really "get" it.

*I say "10 pages or so" because there are 39 pages in the .pdf file, but they all contain a single paragraph, and sometimes only a single line. No idea why this was done this way.

Moore's introduction in the beginning states that this was inspired by a dream in which bullets stop in mid-air. Which is an interesting concept... Forcefield? Miracle? Lazy bullets? Moore goes with miracle here, which stems the tale of a little village girl being sainted and educated by the church, but regardless of their education, she's determined to be who she is, no matter what. And I'd describe her as... uncouth.

There was a little humor in this story... not as much or of the type I'm used to from Moore, but still I chuckled a little bit. I think if the story was a little longer, and more fleshed out it would have been more successful. Or maybe I'm just in the mood to dislike everything. (That really could be a possibility after the day I've had, but I think that my assessment of the story is still fair.)

I didn't really get the ending... Something happened, and then that was the end, but I felt kind of lost. I read it twice, but didn't get it either time. Maybe if I had I could have bumped this up to 3 stars, but since I didn't, 2 it is.

Sorry C-Moore, can't win 'em all. ( )