Short Story Review: Code

[image error]A sinister threat. A shocking betrayal. A single rose.

Jan has poured her grief over her brother’s death into finishing his work—crippling the terrible system they’d unknowingly helped to build. But when a strange gift beckons her to seek out Kevin’s betrayer, will she find the answers she needs? Or will hate and anger shatter everything she holds dear? (from Goodreads)

FTC DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of this book. A positive review was not required. These are my honest thoughts and opinions.

After enjoying another short story by this author, I jumped at the chance to read and review this. It certainly did not disappoint!

The main character, Jan, had quite a loving soul, and I liked her bravery and attempts at peacemaking. The whole theme of computer hacking was awesome, and now I need more techie books in my life. My hands-down favorite part of this book was the sibling relationships (both by blood and by marriage) that stood strong despite politics, mistakes, and betrayals. I teared up a little bit at that part in the shaft.

I would have loved a little more physical description of the characters since I got them a little bit confused at first and never got a good handle on how old they were.

Just a note, it is mentioned that an evil man SPOILER ALERT! oversaw the execution of his underage stepson.

Best quote: I study his face, wondering why people can’t be scanned and fixed as easily as simple strings of code.

Altogether, I enjoyed this short story, and I look forward to reading more of Angie Thompson’s work.