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A review by waqasmhd
Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human
3.0
i admit i succumbed to the hype, and the tagline "Neil Gaiman meets Tarantino…" was the driving force. so i had to buy it. a paperback version (which also has a brilliant artwork)
lets start by dissecting the tagline. although it says neil gaiman meets tarantino which means i should feel home reading it, but it's really different from what I would normally read.
I could see why this reference was made and its more on Tarantino side i.e. violence/gore than Neil. it started to feel like Gaiman towards the end when all sort of crazy fantastical things started happening. But it was too much too late.
its a weird book. not bad for a debut. i felt it started strongly and it was fun knowing Baxter, the 16-year old kingpin of the gang Spider who is witty and thinks he has everything sussed out. but when his girl friend Esme is kidnapped, he starts losing sense of reality and the crazy ride begins. its not just Baxter who is not sure of the reality, halfway into the book it gets confusing and hard to keep up with the facts. and this is also the point where i start to lose interest.
without giving anything away, its a fun read but it could have been amazing book had the ending was not so jumbled up.
lets start by dissecting the tagline. although it says neil gaiman meets tarantino which means i should feel home reading it, but it's really different from what I would normally read.
I could see why this reference was made and its more on Tarantino side i.e. violence/gore than Neil. it started to feel like Gaiman towards the end when all sort of crazy fantastical things started happening. But it was too much too late.
its a weird book. not bad for a debut. i felt it started strongly and it was fun knowing Baxter, the 16-year old kingpin of the gang Spider who is witty and thinks he has everything sussed out. but when his girl friend Esme is kidnapped, he starts losing sense of reality and the crazy ride begins. its not just Baxter who is not sure of the reality, halfway into the book it gets confusing and hard to keep up with the facts. and this is also the point where i start to lose interest.
without giving anything away, its a fun read but it could have been amazing book had the ending was not so jumbled up.