Desolate 2 Exposure eBook Robert Brumm
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Howard Bell gains consciousness in the unlikeliest of places. He’s surrounded by lush foliage and warm tropical air. Compared to the bitter cold of the prison camp, this place seems like paradise. There’s just one little problem. He’s strapped to a stretcher on the forest floor, unable to move, and there’s nobody else around for miles. If you don’t count the dead body a few feet away, that is. As the sun sets and the bugs start to come out, Howard realizes the fight for his life has just begun.
This is book two of the Desolate series.
This book is intended to be read by adults and may be unsuitable for children under 17. Contains indecent language and descriptions of graphic violence.
Approximately 26,000 words. Paperback version is 122 pages.
Desolate 2 Exposure eBook Robert Brumm
Not to be criticizing the weird sort of structure this novel entails, but geez, a bit bit of an explanation should be in order. The first third, or Dosolation I , is resolute in its ending you see, while this second thrid is not. As Moorcheeba says in one of her ballads, just enjoy the ride and stop chasing after shadows. This is how I finally best absorbed and appreciated this three part harmony of a novel.Howard does have a penchant for going from bad to worse. I'd enjoyed the tropical setting of my neighborhood in Jamaica. I always get a chuckle how people still think the carribean islands are somewhat isolated; they are not. Airplanes and boats abound. This reminds me of a recent farcical view of blowhard president who believes a wall can be built to divide the americas. Just like people, their is nothing that wil stop an alien plague either. Try putting out a fire with a gint fan. Really!
Hope you all enjoy this book, as I give it a pretty good review too. I'm a little tough as a book has to be a best seller to get a four you see. Peace, … Murf
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Desolate 2 Exposure eBook Robert Brumm Reviews
Desolate 2's great opening scene sets the tone Howard is strapped to a gurney in the middle of the jungle, and you feel just as vulnerable as he does. You almost itch while you read with Robert Brumm's vivid descriptions of insects crawling up his poor main character's legs.
This second episode puts you in the driver's seat, thanks to a very clever switch to a first person narrative that makes the reader discover things step by step. There are also flashbacks with a third person point of view, so little by little you manage to piece the story together, like what happens in Tarantino's movies. I found Desolate 2's construction richer, while it kept the first episode's simple, gritty and realistic style.
The switch from 3rd to 1st person narration is probably the biggest difference between the two episodes, and it didn't shock or disappoint me, far from it. I thought it was logical Howard has moved from one isolation to another by moving from an island to a jungle, where he's actually even more isolated. Now he's helpless and alone in his head, talking to us and himself. It also explains the little pathetic jokes he's just trying to keep sane (!).
By the way, Howard really addresses the reader here and there. At one point he even calls what he's doing "foreshadowing", because he's offering a hint of what's to happen next. In a way, he's breaking the fourth wall by acknowledging this is a story. As in book 1, Desolate manages to scare us while having fun with the usual codes of the scary story.
There's also something of Robinson Crusoe, as he's stranded on a desert island, learning how to cope, celebrating little victories like when he manages to open a coconut and drink its milk. The way the disease spreads quickly and inexorably, as well as the symptoms and the number of victims, had me thinking of the excellent movie "Contagion".
That's the other difference with Desolate 2. We've moved to a different location, seen from a different point of view in narration, and now we're dealing with a post-apocalyptic story (my favourite genre, I should add). That's what I like with Robert Brumm's work, which I find very modern and adapted to our times he doesn't just write a sequel, he reaches a new level, as with good video games. Movie sequels are often disappointing, whereas game sequels usually offer better graphics, sounds and gameplay. That's the way I felt while reading Desolate 2 like I had just downloaded the new game I had craved playing since finishing the first episode.
So now I can't wait to see what Episode 3 is going to be like...
I read both Desolate and Desolate 2 in the same day, taking the time to write an review of the first before beginning the second. Every single criticism I had of the first story was remedied in the sequel, resulting in a far superior piece of work. The secondary characters in the newer story are every bit as detailed and fleshed out as the primary character, and the author deftly changes points of view, allowing the reader to experience the various story elements from a variety of character viewpoints. He took quite a risk in switching back and forth between a first-person narrative for the primary character and third-person for scenes in which the primary character was either missing or unconscious. It's a tactic that could have easily backfired, but the author makes it work beautifully.
In my earlier review, I mentioned that the writer hadn't been successful in fully immersing me in the story. With this sequel, I really did feel like I could see, hear, smell and feel everything the characters were experiencing.
Overall, Desolate 2 not only builds on the successful elements found in Desolate 1, it improves on every element I found lacking in the earlier work.
As with the first book, this one ends with a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, it appears the next story hasn't yet been written. It irks me to no end that I have to wait.
Not to be criticizing the weird sort of structure this novel entails, but geez, a bit bit of an explanation should be in order. The first third, or Dosolation I , is resolute in its ending you see, while this second thrid is not. As Moorcheeba says in one of her ballads, just enjoy the ride and stop chasing after shadows. This is how I finally best absorbed and appreciated this three part harmony of a novel.
Howard does have a penchant for going from bad to worse. I'd enjoyed the tropical setting of my neighborhood in Jamaica. I always get a chuckle how people still think the carribean islands are somewhat isolated; they are not. Airplanes and boats abound. This reminds me of a recent farcical view of blowhard president who believes a wall can be built to divide the americas. Just like people, their is nothing that wil stop an alien plague either. Try putting out a fire with a gint fan. Really!
Hope you all enjoy this book, as I give it a pretty good review too. I'm a little tough as a book has to be a best seller to get a four you see. Peace, … Murf
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