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wannabekingpin's review against another edition
3.0
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About the Book: In the dying, drying up world of Zeke’s, it’s hard to tell criminals from government members. He ran from both of them. Ran for his life, away from death promised by both sides. And, wounded, battered, close to death… He woke up in a bar. A bar, where no one knows who he ran from, who he is. No one is looking for him, as the bartender offers ice for his drink. And no one’s explaining anything either, as the same man offers to help him with whatever chased him here…
My Opinion: The book is full of great ideas, elements, scenes even. There’s action, there’s sights. But even the best story will crumble if it’s not accompanied by well written characters. These here were all, without exception, barely developed, lacking in their own story when they even had one, lacking in character traits. No decent banter, no lore, no world building other than a few crumbs there and here.
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: In the dying, drying up world of Zeke’s, it’s hard to tell criminals from government members. He ran from both of them. Ran for his life, away from death promised by both sides. And, wounded, battered, close to death… He woke up in a bar. A bar, where no one knows who he ran from, who he is. No one is looking for him, as the bartender offers ice for his drink. And no one’s explaining anything either, as the same man offers to help him with whatever chased him here…
My Opinion: The book is full of great ideas, elements, scenes even. There’s action, there’s sights. But even the best story will crumble if it’s not accompanied by well written characters. These here were all, without exception, barely developed, lacking in their own story when they even had one, lacking in character traits. No decent banter, no lore, no world building other than a few crumbs there and here.
jarichan's review
4.0
Die kurze Zusammenfassung reichte schon aus, um dieses Buch auf meiner Wunschliste landen zu lassen. Tatsächlich ist dieses Werk was es verspricht: eine Mischung aus Mad Max und Kill Bill und TFTF. Und auch Stephen King-Vibes lassen nicht missen.
Und tatsächlich wurden meine Erwartungen in keiner Weise enttäuscht. Ich bekam genau das, was ich erwartet hatte und genau das, was ich wollte. Verfolgungsjagden, Prügeleien, ein bisschen Alkohol und harte Figuren mit manchmal weichem Kern, aber oftmals noch härterem Inneren.
Ja, ich habe mich dabei köstlich amüsiert. Wer also Fan dieses Genres ist, der kann hier getrost zugreifen. Wer mit rasanten Autos, riesigen Waffen und teilweise blutigen Szenen nichts anfangen kann, der wird hiermit wahrscheinlich auch nicht warm.
Der einzige Punkt, der mich ein wenig störte, war die mehr oder weniger latente Fatphobia Abrahams'. Früher wäre mir das nicht aufgefallen, aber seit ich in Therapie bin, stechen mir solche Beschreibungen und Darstellungen ins Auge. Zum Glück war es nicht ganz so schlimm wie andernorts und passte teilweise auch ein wenig ins Setting.
Trotzdem werde ich natürlich auch den zweiten Teil sehr gerne lesen. Auf der Liste ist der Band bereits.
Und tatsächlich wurden meine Erwartungen in keiner Weise enttäuscht. Ich bekam genau das, was ich erwartet hatte und genau das, was ich wollte. Verfolgungsjagden, Prügeleien, ein bisschen Alkohol und harte Figuren mit manchmal weichem Kern, aber oftmals noch härterem Inneren.
Ja, ich habe mich dabei köstlich amüsiert. Wer also Fan dieses Genres ist, der kann hier getrost zugreifen. Wer mit rasanten Autos, riesigen Waffen und teilweise blutigen Szenen nichts anfangen kann, der wird hiermit wahrscheinlich auch nicht warm.
Der einzige Punkt, der mich ein wenig störte, war die mehr oder weniger latente Fatphobia Abrahams'. Früher wäre mir das nicht aufgefallen, aber seit ich in Therapie bin, stechen mir solche Beschreibungen und Darstellungen ins Auge. Zum Glück war es nicht ganz so schlimm wie andernorts und passte teilweise auch ein wenig ins Setting.
Trotzdem werde ich natürlich auch den zweiten Teil sehr gerne lesen. Auf der Liste ist der Band bereits.
thinde's review against another edition
3.0
There's something missing here. I wasn't able to care much. The underlying philosophy is shallow and unexplored. It's easy to cheer on a fight against evil but if we don't know what fighting against good looks like, then how can we embrace their mission of "balance."
Zeke is a hollow protagonist. He has no hope of a bright future. He's obsessed with regret - always looking backward. He's not trying to build anything, rather, he's merely trying to patch something that's broken.
The writing is professional, well structured, and with a good pace... it just didn't resonate with me.
Zeke is a hollow protagonist. He has no hope of a bright future. He's obsessed with regret - always looking backward. He's not trying to build anything, rather, he's merely trying to patch something that's broken.
The writing is professional, well structured, and with a good pace... it just didn't resonate with me.
midlifehedgewitch's review against another edition
5.0
This is my favourite 2020 read so far. Write the next one, already... this was so, so, so my kind of book.
alex_livros's review
4.0
I purchased this book thinking I wasn't going to like it that much and I have to say that I was wrong. It was a good surprise and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
Okay, so after reading the first four chapters I was like: "This is Mad Max". Well, I wasn't wrong in the sense that it has a lot of elements you can find in Mad Max, but then, there's a plot twist (A BIG ONE) that made me say "Whattt???"
So, I do recommend this book to anyone who likes a good action/dystopian story. It has a great pace, multiple PoV that really helps us have a sense of the reality of the story, and more importantly: GREAT CHARACTERS.
As someone who enjoys writing, I have to say that one of my struggles is to create realistic yet unique characters, so I always admire authors who can do justice to their characters and Tom Abrahams did.
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