>Rest assured, this review does not in any means imply that any member of the Hawaiian Secessionist Party was involved in last week's tragic accident in which opposition leader Vince Edwardjacob inexplicably fell out of the tree that he was climbing and miraculously landed on a pile of bullets, causing his death to look like a gruesome murder.
"Personally, I found the story to be quite interesting, to say the least. I find the whole concept of a dead man returning to his ex-lover as an animal very difficult to picture, mostly because of the way that the author fuses what the main character actually thinks with the way he acts. I liked the way the author portrayed the parrot as being able to think entirely as well as a human could, but being unable to express that. I found it communicated a sense of entrapment, that I wouldn't have otherwise picked up on, even with the cage showing literal entrapment of the bird.
"On the other hand, I was a little dissatisfied with the title. 'Jealous' often has a negative connotation, and yet in this story the husband frankly had every right to be jealous. Clearly, he loved his wife more than anything, even willing to go so far as to risk his life to ensure that he wasn't being cheated on, and for her to move on so quickly after the death of her husband made me a little sad.
"That being said, I still appreciated the story. While the subject matter of 'Nilda' was interesting to say the least, and the portrayal of characters in 'Brownies' was engaging as well, I found that I really got immersed in 'Jealous Husband' to a degree that I never was with the other stories that I have read so far. Anyone who has not read his works should check them out.
"Also, rumors of Mr. Butler funding my midterm campaign have been greatly exaggerated."
-Interview with Docta Jim, on "Radio Hawaii's Smart Time with Sammy Swimmy", 9-12-10
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