Review of Tales of the Seventies
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Review of Tales of the Seventies
[Following is a volunteer review of "Tales of the Seventies" by David Done.]
As a big fan of short stories, I couldn’t wait to start reading Tales of the Seventies by David Done. The very first thing the reader reads is the description of the stories in the book given by the author. David explains how these stories were written and forgotten many years ago and how he came across them once again lighting his flame for writing once more. He then talks about some of the stories in his book especially A Novella: Yesteryears Snows. David goes into detail about his inspiration for writing this tragic story making it a must read.
The author stays true to his claim of his stories being inventive and imaginative. Yet maybe his best stories were the ones that held some truth to them. In his description he states that The Cat Burglars was the most liked story in the book and I can agree with that 100%. The fact that it was written based on a real newspaper article that he read, tells the reader how much imagination the author has. Another story I enjoyed was The Three Card Shuffle. It was light hearted and funny.
The author emphasizes how these stories were written in a different time (1970-1975) making it disappointing when he does not deliver stories that one could say couldn’t happen in today’s world. From the beginning the author engages the reader in his story Yesteryear’s Snows. He hypes it up so much that the reader cannot wait to get to it. Although at the beginning of the book he gives the reader enough information to know what the story is about, it is still not easy to understand. Much like his other stories (excluding The Cat Burglars and The Three Card Shuffle) it was filled with obscenities and had so much going on that it was hard to keep track of it all. It was a shame that out of eight stories, I only found two that were worth reading.
I rate this book of short stories 2 out of 4 stars. Not only were most of the stories uninteresting to me, they also had many mistakes which made it hard to understand what the author was trying to say at times. I was expecting stories about life in the seventies but in my opinion these stories could’ve been from any time period. The author kept his promise about giving the reader unique made-up stories, however making a story unique does not mean it will be better than a tale as old as time.
I do not recommend this book to anyone younger than 21 years of age. The topics discussed are inappropriate for anyone younger. Also, people who don't like explicit material will not appreciate this book. If you don’t mind reading a book with that type of content then you might enjoy this book, given that you like reading random short stories.
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Tales of the Seventies
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As a big fan of short stories, I couldn’t wait to start reading Tales of the Seventies by David Done. The very first thing the reader reads is the description of the stories in the book given by the author. David explains how these stories were written and forgotten many years ago and how he came across them once again lighting his flame for writing once more. He then talks about some of the stories in his book especially A Novella: Yesteryears Snows. David goes into detail about his inspiration for writing this tragic story making it a must read.
The author stays true to his claim of his stories being inventive and imaginative. Yet maybe his best stories were the ones that held some truth to them. In his description he states that The Cat Burglars was the most liked story in the book and I can agree with that 100%. The fact that it was written based on a real newspaper article that he read, tells the reader how much imagination the author has. Another story I enjoyed was The Three Card Shuffle. It was light hearted and funny.
The author emphasizes how these stories were written in a different time (1970-1975) making it disappointing when he does not deliver stories that one could say couldn’t happen in today’s world. From the beginning the author engages the reader in his story Yesteryear’s Snows. He hypes it up so much that the reader cannot wait to get to it. Although at the beginning of the book he gives the reader enough information to know what the story is about, it is still not easy to understand. Much like his other stories (excluding The Cat Burglars and The Three Card Shuffle) it was filled with obscenities and had so much going on that it was hard to keep track of it all. It was a shame that out of eight stories, I only found two that were worth reading.
I rate this book of short stories 2 out of 4 stars. Not only were most of the stories uninteresting to me, they also had many mistakes which made it hard to understand what the author was trying to say at times. I was expecting stories about life in the seventies but in my opinion these stories could’ve been from any time period. The author kept his promise about giving the reader unique made-up stories, however making a story unique does not mean it will be better than a tale as old as time.
I do not recommend this book to anyone younger than 21 years of age. The topics discussed are inappropriate for anyone younger. Also, people who don't like explicit material will not appreciate this book. If you don’t mind reading a book with that type of content then you might enjoy this book, given that you like reading random short stories.
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Tales of the Seventies
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