Review of Tales of the Seventies

[Kimberly Moniz]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Tales of the Seventies" by David Done.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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Tales of the seventies is a collection of stories that the author David Done started writing in the seventies but completed only recently. In the prologue, the author states that the stories have something to do with the consumption of drugs. However, only the first story highlights that theme.

The cover of the book is not very attractive, neither is it designed well. Yet I picked this book because I was intrigued by the title that said “Tales of the Seventies”. I was curious to know what the seventies were like and so I decided to read this book. The stories in this book are quite different from recent books. Each story is unique and has a distinct theme. Tales of the Seventies contains eight stories from the seventies. The language of the book is perfect English. The first story was very interesting. I enjoyed reading it.

As I continued to read the book, I noticed the number of sexual references increasing with each story. I liked the first story but did not appreciate that the second story was left without a conclusion. It would have been great to know what exactly happened and whether the show was successful or not. The same goes for the third story, it has no proper ending. The plot is just left hanging. Most of the stories in this book have an over exaggerated introduction and a completely omitted conclusion. The Last Part of the book is a collection of stories regarding the life of one man and his relationships. While reading each chapter I thought that this might be different but after I completed it, I was disappointed in the end.

I rate this book 2 out of 4 since I barely liked it. The beginning of the book was interesting but after some time it became a drudgery to read it. The stories start and end abruptly without much meaning or moral. None of the stories has a message or moral from which I could learn something new.

I recommend this book to adults and mainly to married individuals. This book is definitely not suitable for children because of the large number of adult content. I think even youngsters would not find this book interesting so I do not recommend it to teens and young adults.

I expected a lot more from Tales of the Seventies but the book did not meet my expectations.

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Tales of the Seventies
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