4 out of 4 stars
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If you’re stressed out and looking for a little wacky comic relief, you might want to check out Andrew Snook’s short comic adventure, “Remy’s Dilemma”. Remy’s story takes place a few decades in the future where many changes have taken place in the world. The gap between the rich and the poor has become greater, and conflicts have arisen as a result.
The story starts when Remy wakes up from a dream and believes he hears that the world is coming to an end. He hears a radio broadcaster announcing that the poorer nations are rising up against Glomitrox, a major pharmaceutical company which is controlling the military. Glomitrox, in turn, is threatening to launch a full nuclear strike against all people who don’t support them. Remy is a young adult and is in a panic because he has lots of things he wants to accomplish before his life is over.
Is Remy going to try to right a lifetime of wrongs, or is he going to try to complete what he can of his “bucket” list? Remy chooses his “bucket list” that he wrote in the fourth grade. With his list in hand, his adventures begin. He takes with him his smiley guy stamp and an irradiated emerald green crayon from his Hungry Boys lunchbox that he’s saved from the fourth grade.
Remy is not your typical working class guy, especially since the world is going to end, and his adventures are not typical adventures. Remy is kind of like the comic Englishman, Mr. Bean, in that he unknowingly causes chaos behind him that he is fairly clueless about. In Remy’s case though, the chaos is a little more gruesome and in a case of mistaken identity, he ends up with a detective and an FBI agent following his trail, trying to figure out who he is and what he is up to.
This story takes place in Canada and has a lot of references to Canada and the Canadian culture that I think will be appreciated by someone who is familiar with life in Canada. The humor is rather crude and more for adults. If you like the kind of humor in “Family Guy”, you might like this story.
I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. It is very well-written and thought-out. There were a number of things that happened in the beginning of the story that led to comical misunderstandings and more humorous antics in the end. Although the humor is crude, and familiarity with Canadian culture would make the comedy funnier to some, this story might be enjoyable to any adult who likes Snook’s type of humor.
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Remy's Dilemma
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