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Review of FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex
[Following is a volunteer review of "FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex" by Christopher Williams.]
FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex
By Christopher Williams
Book Review.
Christopher Williams takes us through what seems to be some kind of military war story, but is actually about a poor young black college student struggling through what he considers to be a white racist community while working twenty-five hours a week at a pizza shack to make ends meet. In this book, Fear Me Now: The War Annex, we see a young man’s lifestyle transform in a blink of an eye as a result of various factors you’ll get to learn as you read on.
This transformation begins when Crenshaw Dimes, also known as “Dubb-Sack” and his friend Geoffrey Dukes, also known as “G-Dog” sit drinking on a Thursday night in a parking lot. They then notice a set of white boys going to their cars while mockingly imitating a young black man’s walking style. This scenario reminds G-Dog of a story about his late young brother’s passing which he narrates to Dubb-Sack and angrily makes a very unusual statement that will later turn out to have an influence on Dubb-Sack’s future character. Neither of the two friends realize the gravity of the impact of that statement on Dubb-Sack.
As he celebrates his 21st birthday, Dubb-Sack assumes a sense of growth and pride to the things that can get to him. However, this growth is tested on his way from work by a quartet performing on the train and he fails to defend himself. This attack on his manhood, among other challenges, leaves him feeling irresponsible and devastated. He tries to find solace in drugs and also by attending meetings at a mosque, as he had previously heard some friends on campus speak about the good work the Nation of Islam had done in resurrecting the black man's mind. Luckily for him, the message preached on the day he visits the mosque aligns with his thoughts and ideas about the white man being the source of the black man’s misery, although he leaves the mosque for work before the end of the sermon and therefore does not get the chance to hear the solutions to these problems.
Dubb-Sack later starts to hallucinate due to excessive drug use and fantasize about potential solutions to the black man’s source of problems. We see him putting to use his fantasized solutions to eradicate the problems of the entire black community. Will these solutions work as he imagines they will? Will the ending be as he imagines it? Well, read on to find out more.
The book is an easy read as it makes it possible and easy for readers to envision the scenarios contained in the book as they read and is suitable for young adults and adults, who enjoy non-fiction action thriller pieces. Although the story is one of the best I have read so far, I rate it 3 out of 4 stars due to the grammatical errors contained in the book. However, with good editing, the book is of the kind you’ll keep falling in love with as you digest its contents.
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FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex
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FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex
By Christopher Williams
Book Review.
Christopher Williams takes us through what seems to be some kind of military war story, but is actually about a poor young black college student struggling through what he considers to be a white racist community while working twenty-five hours a week at a pizza shack to make ends meet. In this book, Fear Me Now: The War Annex, we see a young man’s lifestyle transform in a blink of an eye as a result of various factors you’ll get to learn as you read on.
This transformation begins when Crenshaw Dimes, also known as “Dubb-Sack” and his friend Geoffrey Dukes, also known as “G-Dog” sit drinking on a Thursday night in a parking lot. They then notice a set of white boys going to their cars while mockingly imitating a young black man’s walking style. This scenario reminds G-Dog of a story about his late young brother’s passing which he narrates to Dubb-Sack and angrily makes a very unusual statement that will later turn out to have an influence on Dubb-Sack’s future character. Neither of the two friends realize the gravity of the impact of that statement on Dubb-Sack.
As he celebrates his 21st birthday, Dubb-Sack assumes a sense of growth and pride to the things that can get to him. However, this growth is tested on his way from work by a quartet performing on the train and he fails to defend himself. This attack on his manhood, among other challenges, leaves him feeling irresponsible and devastated. He tries to find solace in drugs and also by attending meetings at a mosque, as he had previously heard some friends on campus speak about the good work the Nation of Islam had done in resurrecting the black man's mind. Luckily for him, the message preached on the day he visits the mosque aligns with his thoughts and ideas about the white man being the source of the black man’s misery, although he leaves the mosque for work before the end of the sermon and therefore does not get the chance to hear the solutions to these problems.
Dubb-Sack later starts to hallucinate due to excessive drug use and fantasize about potential solutions to the black man’s source of problems. We see him putting to use his fantasized solutions to eradicate the problems of the entire black community. Will these solutions work as he imagines they will? Will the ending be as he imagines it? Well, read on to find out more.
The book is an easy read as it makes it possible and easy for readers to envision the scenarios contained in the book as they read and is suitable for young adults and adults, who enjoy non-fiction action thriller pieces. Although the story is one of the best I have read so far, I rate it 3 out of 4 stars due to the grammatical errors contained in the book. However, with good editing, the book is of the kind you’ll keep falling in love with as you digest its contents.
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FEAR ME NOW: The War Annex
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