Review of Final Notice
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Review of Final Notice
[Following is a volunteer review of "Final Notice" by Van Fleisher.]
Final Notice by Van Fleisher is a political satire on the sloppy legislation of gun laws in the United States of America. When John Mason, 89, walked his lonesome self, “armed to the teeth,” into the dining room of a retirement home out in Green Valley, Arizona, he left six dead in his wake before being gunned down by the security guard. At first, this fateful event, which left six others hit with four in critical condition, is treated by the police as an isolated incident. And since there were no clear motives for the assault, the case, though undeniably tragic, was considered closed.
But when, soon enough, reports erupt in the east of a certain Quentin Moore visiting death upon a 25-year-old cashier in Joplin, Missouri, FBI Special Agent Zoe Brouet, investigating the links between the recently introduced Armed Seniors Discount Program of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the victims and gunmen, more cases of gun-related assaults, and even seemingly dissociated suicides, knows there is more at stake than meets the eye. But what exactly is going on? What has got Trudi Fuller thinking with such a dispassionate focus? Who is Vijay Patel? What is the VT2 prototype? And why is its release edging America closer to doomsday than the nation ever has been?
As an expertly written work of fiction, Final Notice does a lot more than just ridicule the inept state of the US regulatory policies of gun ownership. It is literally a thematic oilfield, discussing issues as varied as the ego-blow of post-retirement irrelevance, how the fear of consequences—not benevolence—is why most people refrain from committing homicides, and the horror of what is certain to happen if that fear is taken away from them.
I absolutely love all there was to this book. The suspense and humour in it were perfect in the right doses. Characters came and went but some favourites stood their ground till the end. Mine were Vince Fuller, his lovely wife Trudy, and latter Special Agent Brouet, the gorgeous Jennifer Andrews, and her wunderkind beau. One thing I found distasteful though is how the book negotiated a meeting point between business endeavours and ethics but conceded in the end, letting money win. However, Fleischer did a good job in painting the reality of things.
Final Notice has become my newest favourite. I couldn’t have made a better choice, it is exceptionally well-edited and I prefer my favourite books being error-free. I gladly rate Van Fleisher’s Final Notice five out of five stars. If you favour gun ownership, you might not want to pick this book for a read. Also, given its half-grim content, a few profanities, and a category-3 sexual content, I do not recommend this book to younger teenagers.
There is one great lesson anyone can pick from this book. It is that when we live out our lives being important, we forget to make ‘being’ important. Like snails, we stretch out from our shells as far out as we may manage to go, but then retirement comes to kick us back in and we find that we can no longer handle being by ourselves. It follows that we should move through life with our shells and not leave them behind. But perhaps, my favourite is the narrator’s subtle opinion that endorsing hostility is not solving it.
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Final Notice
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Final Notice by Van Fleisher is a political satire on the sloppy legislation of gun laws in the United States of America. When John Mason, 89, walked his lonesome self, “armed to the teeth,” into the dining room of a retirement home out in Green Valley, Arizona, he left six dead in his wake before being gunned down by the security guard. At first, this fateful event, which left six others hit with four in critical condition, is treated by the police as an isolated incident. And since there were no clear motives for the assault, the case, though undeniably tragic, was considered closed.
But when, soon enough, reports erupt in the east of a certain Quentin Moore visiting death upon a 25-year-old cashier in Joplin, Missouri, FBI Special Agent Zoe Brouet, investigating the links between the recently introduced Armed Seniors Discount Program of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the victims and gunmen, more cases of gun-related assaults, and even seemingly dissociated suicides, knows there is more at stake than meets the eye. But what exactly is going on? What has got Trudi Fuller thinking with such a dispassionate focus? Who is Vijay Patel? What is the VT2 prototype? And why is its release edging America closer to doomsday than the nation ever has been?
As an expertly written work of fiction, Final Notice does a lot more than just ridicule the inept state of the US regulatory policies of gun ownership. It is literally a thematic oilfield, discussing issues as varied as the ego-blow of post-retirement irrelevance, how the fear of consequences—not benevolence—is why most people refrain from committing homicides, and the horror of what is certain to happen if that fear is taken away from them.
I absolutely love all there was to this book. The suspense and humour in it were perfect in the right doses. Characters came and went but some favourites stood their ground till the end. Mine were Vince Fuller, his lovely wife Trudy, and latter Special Agent Brouet, the gorgeous Jennifer Andrews, and her wunderkind beau. One thing I found distasteful though is how the book negotiated a meeting point between business endeavours and ethics but conceded in the end, letting money win. However, Fleischer did a good job in painting the reality of things.
Final Notice has become my newest favourite. I couldn’t have made a better choice, it is exceptionally well-edited and I prefer my favourite books being error-free. I gladly rate Van Fleisher’s Final Notice five out of five stars. If you favour gun ownership, you might not want to pick this book for a read. Also, given its half-grim content, a few profanities, and a category-3 sexual content, I do not recommend this book to younger teenagers.
There is one great lesson anyone can pick from this book. It is that when we live out our lives being important, we forget to make ‘being’ important. Like snails, we stretch out from our shells as far out as we may manage to go, but then retirement comes to kick us back in and we find that we can no longer handle being by ourselves. It follows that we should move through life with our shells and not leave them behind. But perhaps, my favourite is the narrator’s subtle opinion that endorsing hostility is not solving it.
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Final Notice
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