Tom, Thom by K.M. Ferebee

Tom, Thom by K.M. Ferebee
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Historical
Length: Short Story (32 pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

Young Tom has always dreamed of wolves, which everyone knows don’t exist. One day he goes out for a log from the woodpile, and when he returns, there is another Tom, like him, but other. Tom, Thom, this dark and compelling tale from short fiction writer K. M. Ferebee will make you reconsider what may be lurking in the forest.

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All three of the main characters were incredibly well-written, especially Tom. His voice was more mature than I’d expect from someone of his age, but given everything I learned about how hard his life had been before he met his double this made a great deal of sense. I can’t say why this is so without giving away spoilers. You’ll simply have to trust me that there was an excellent reason for a young character who spoke like someone much older than his chronological age. Figuring out what it was made it impossible for me to stop reading until I’d reached the exciting conclusion.

I would have liked to see a little more time spent developing the ending. While I did appreciate the open-ended nature of it, it would have been helpful for there to have been a bit more energy spent exploring the various possible conclusions before asking the audience to decide which one we thought would fit the characters the best. Had there been one or two more examples of that, this would have been a five-star book in my opinion!

The world building made me wish this was a full-length novel. Everything from the community’s reaction to the other Tom to their explanations for who or what that boy might be was explained in the perfect amount of detail. I loved figuring out why they responded the way that they did and if their guess was something I agreed with. There was so much going on with the background characters when it came to this topic that I could picture all of their interactions with Tom’s family in precise detail. This made it all an incredibly interesting thing to read.

Tom, Thom should be read by anyone who loves old legends and fairy tales.