Boris Guzo

Pit Stop tells the story of Glen who is on the run from the police. Shortly after crossing the border, his car runs out of fuel and he has to continue his way on foot to the nearest gas station. Here he meets the young boy who's been left in charge of the gas station by his father. Assuming the boy is alone, Glen decides to try and outsmart him and get the keys of the station owner's old pick-up truck parked up behind the gas station. However, the boy isn't nearly as gullible as Glen expected...

This was a very enjoyable read; well written and quite suspenseful. I believe the story would benefit from some further editing as there was the odd grammatical error but the main thing which bothered me was the flashback. I was halfway through the flashback before realising it was a flashback and it left me rather confused for a bit.

In general I found this a good read and even wished it had been a bit longer. And then there is the unanswered question: Who or what is Marla?… (mais)

Running from the law, Glen’s car barely makes it across the state line before it runs out of gas. He walks to the nearest gas station – a remote one staffed by one young boy. Seeing no adults around, he assumes that Tim must be alone – and there’s a truck out back that would give Glen and Marla the ride they need.

Glen makes a couple of purchases and even tips the boy, hoping to get the keys from Tim. However, Tim may be young, but he’s not gullible, and Glen makes the mistake of underestimating this boy, whose job it is to run the store and make sure that his father isn’t woken…

Mr. Guzo has done a remarkable job telling this story in just 3,700 words. It’s well written and suspenseful with just the right amount of surreal. However, perhaps a few more words would have made the story a bit clearer. When I got to the end, I found myself scratching my head and asking myself “so who is Marla?”

I was given a free copy of this book from LibraryThing in exchange for writing a far and honest review.… (mais)