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Review by Juan_Wame -- Tales of the 70's by D.Done
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A Tale of the 70's is a compilation of short stories written by D. Done. They all seem to have a central theme of San Francisco, with this being the main location of events throughout most of the stories contained in the book. It takes us into the lives of its dwellers from different walks of life and gives us possibly a glimpse of what it is like to step in their shoes. Each short story has a different set of characters and provides no common ground except for the setting of events.
The stories are well written. They are short and with sometimes unexpected endings. I also noticed that these stories all contain moral issues depicted in a non-judgemental manner. The author simply presented them, and the decision is upon the reader on how to interpret this. The stories are entertaining in the sense that the author made the city come alive and, along with it, depict great diversity in its inhabitants. He managed to take simple events and add twists to the plot, which represent a more realistic turn of events to the happenings of life. There is no greater agenda behind these stories. One can simply enjoy being teleported into the world of a San Franciscan and back without having to overanalyse the plot.
The book is riddled with numerous punctuation errors, thus affecting the flow of thoughts as one reads. I was willing to ignore this at first, but at last, what seems to be a general lack of editing made it difficult to coherently continue with the reading, thereby missing out on a fully immersive experience. I did not take much liking to the last of these stories, a novella, as it was hard to keep up and understand the events that were taking place. It simply did not provide any entertainment value or any engagement of the reader for the most part and had an anti-climactic ending.
I give the book three out of four stars. Overall, I found most of the stories to be intriguing with writing that is different from what most modern authors offer. However, it lost out on getting four stars because of the last novella, which simply did not make sense in my opinion. Often times I had to scratch my head when reading it or struggle to find the relevance of an event in the story. Considering its length in comparison to the other stories, it did not deliver the same standard of fascination and had somewhat of a similar ending to a previous short story. This issue, coupled with the punctuation and occasional spelling errors, did not bide well for the book as a whole.
A suitable audience for this book will be people who do not have time to engage in long stories but would still like to enjoy a good read. The author made light of many unorthodox matters, but he did not present them in a judgemental way and merely showed them from a protagonist’s point of view. I would not recommend persons who are sensitive to the presentation of certain eccentric moral issues to read this book or those who are apprehensive about how bluntly specific issues are addressed throughout the book as they might not enjoy the read.
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Tales of the 70's
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A Tale of the 70's is a compilation of short stories written by D. Done. They all seem to have a central theme of San Francisco, with this being the main location of events throughout most of the stories contained in the book. It takes us into the lives of its dwellers from different walks of life and gives us possibly a glimpse of what it is like to step in their shoes. Each short story has a different set of characters and provides no common ground except for the setting of events.
The stories are well written. They are short and with sometimes unexpected endings. I also noticed that these stories all contain moral issues depicted in a non-judgemental manner. The author simply presented them, and the decision is upon the reader on how to interpret this. The stories are entertaining in the sense that the author made the city come alive and, along with it, depict great diversity in its inhabitants. He managed to take simple events and add twists to the plot, which represent a more realistic turn of events to the happenings of life. There is no greater agenda behind these stories. One can simply enjoy being teleported into the world of a San Franciscan and back without having to overanalyse the plot.
The book is riddled with numerous punctuation errors, thus affecting the flow of thoughts as one reads. I was willing to ignore this at first, but at last, what seems to be a general lack of editing made it difficult to coherently continue with the reading, thereby missing out on a fully immersive experience. I did not take much liking to the last of these stories, a novella, as it was hard to keep up and understand the events that were taking place. It simply did not provide any entertainment value or any engagement of the reader for the most part and had an anti-climactic ending.
I give the book three out of four stars. Overall, I found most of the stories to be intriguing with writing that is different from what most modern authors offer. However, it lost out on getting four stars because of the last novella, which simply did not make sense in my opinion. Often times I had to scratch my head when reading it or struggle to find the relevance of an event in the story. Considering its length in comparison to the other stories, it did not deliver the same standard of fascination and had somewhat of a similar ending to a previous short story. This issue, coupled with the punctuation and occasional spelling errors, did not bide well for the book as a whole.
A suitable audience for this book will be people who do not have time to engage in long stories but would still like to enjoy a good read. The author made light of many unorthodox matters, but he did not present them in a judgemental way and merely showed them from a protagonist’s point of view. I would not recommend persons who are sensitive to the presentation of certain eccentric moral issues to read this book or those who are apprehensive about how bluntly specific issues are addressed throughout the book as they might not enjoy the read.
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Tales of the 70's
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