Review of "A Car Crash of Sorts," a short story by Frank Marcopolos
Summary: The only soldier in the history of the Army to bring both MACBETH and DUINO ELEGIES to boot camp, Dante Kronos recruits his best buddies to establish "The Reading Maniacs Reading Group" on Fort Bragg. When a barracks brothel-ring threatens to annihilate his team, can Dante destroy the threat and save the brotherhood? Review: "A Car Crash of Sorts" is a case of surprisingly rich plot and depth that is somewhat marred by a disjointed writing style. My biggest beef was with the general "flow" of the plot. The author would only sometimes add asterisk to mark large changes in time or point of view. The rest of the time there would be scenes where, for example, one paragraph would be describing Dante going over to his girlfriend's house. There would be a paragraph break and then the next line would be the same set of characters only an hour later. I found this to be distracting as I was frequently pulled out of the story tr...