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shane_tiernan's review
3.0
So this was pretty original but really strange and confusing. There was some poignant writing going on about alcoholism, divorce, love etc... and some of that was REALLY dark, especially if you've been through a divorce, and/or maybe if you're an alcoholic (I haven't experienced that so can't really comment).
The biggest problem I had with this book was the lack of dialogue tags. There's a LOT of dialogue in this book. There are a couple of "action" scenes but otherwise it's just two guys talking, and one guy telling stories. I often couldn't tell who was saying what. There was even a time when one character says "That's where the nickname 'Nuke' came from." But he was talking about himself, BUT he wasn't Nuke. So I was totally lost and thought it must just be a typo or something.
The frustrating confusion about who was talking and what was going on, was evenly balanced with some "deep" and imaginative writing. Hence the 3 stars. If it would have been another 50 pages it would have been too long and gotten 2.
The biggest problem I had with this book was the lack of dialogue tags. There's a LOT of dialogue in this book. There are a couple of "action" scenes but otherwise it's just two guys talking, and one guy telling stories. I often couldn't tell who was saying what. There was even a time when one character says "That's where the nickname 'Nuke' came from." But he was talking about himself, BUT he wasn't Nuke. So I was totally lost and thought it must just be a typo or something.
The frustrating confusion about who was talking and what was going on, was evenly balanced with some "deep" and imaginative writing. Hence the 3 stars. If it would have been another 50 pages it would have been too long and gotten 2.
doverstav's review
2.0
While the writing in itself was good (although it felt a bit disjointed, but I think that was intended), I felt that the story just did not grab me. I didn't really care about the creatures captured at Area 51, and while part of Koops past (and how it all connected with current events in the end) was interesting, it all felt a bit underbaked. There's a potential for something here, but there was just too much missing for it to really interest me.
While I'm not entirely sure what I wanted from this book, but what I got was not it.
While I'm not entirely sure what I wanted from this book, but what I got was not it.
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