Mr. Newby's Revenge

by Ruth Sims

Tormented as a young boy, a man decides to settle the score and devises an intricate plan to get back at the one person who truly wronged him.

15 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

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Reviews

[Karin Wollina · Rating 5 out of 5]

that is a short story about a man who was unfortunate from the very beginning of his life and he never gave up. I really like the books by Ruth Sims and hope t5o find more
Excellent !

[Elisa Rolle]

With this story Ruth Sims achieved something almost unheard of; she wrote an entire novel in only 15 pages. The story of Mr. Newby who is seeking vengeance for a life of abuses lasts more or less 40 years, from his childhood spent in an orphanage, to his carefully planned life to achieve only one goal, to teach a lesson to a particular boy, now man, who Mr. Newby identifies with all the men and women who did him wrong.

This story has an ancient feeling, it reminds me the classics, like Dickens or Fielding, but it’s indeed a contemporary story; the character of Mr. Newby is at the same time someone you can feel pity for, but also being scared of: he is not a likeable man, I think that, if you meet him in real life, he is probably someone you will not be able to make friend with. Mr. Newby is eaten alive by hate and he has not time for being friendly, not until his vengeance is accomplished.

This is probably the first time when I was not so sure to want for the main character to find his happily ever after, since it meant for someone else to be plunged in hell; I wondered if the guilty of being an unpleasant boy was enough to be fated to a life of unhappiness, but then, the adult man was not better than the boy. In any case, the hate was eating alive Mr. Newby, and hate is always a bad character.

In any case, as I said, the accomplishment of this story is to be as compact as a pamphlet, but full of events as an encyclopaedia. How the author managed that is a mystery for me, probably the sign of a real and huge talent.

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[Ebook Addict Reviews]

Wonderful book. Such unique twist and turns, you will not be disappointed in this short story. Ms. Sims is an exceptional author and delivers a story that will have you thinking twice about the person next to you on the street or the next stranger you are having a conversation with, and if these people you run into daily are sane or insane.


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[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aaargh! I got this as an eBook from my library, and it didn't say anything about it being a short story! I had to download a new reader, and when it showed 25 pages, I thought it was referring to the first CHAPTER. I was enjoying it, then revenge was taken, I was wondering what would happen in the rest of the book, and whoops! There WAS no 'rest of the book!'

[Ruth Sims]

An abandoned baby grows up to be a bullied boy and finally becomes a brilliantly devious man who gets even with the one who tormented him most. And he uses colored contacts and wet paper towels and kitty litter to do it.

[Tamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wicked revenge >:)