Alexander Gordon Smith
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Obras de Alexander Gordon Smith
Inspired Creative Writing (52 Brilliant Ideas): Pokes and Prods for Scribblers of All Stripes (2004) 52 copias
Epilogue 8 copias
Knuckle Bones: An Edge-of-Your-Seat British Crime Thriller (DCI Kett Crime Thrillers Book 12) (2023) 6 copias
The Escape from Furnace Series: Lockdown, Solitary, Death Sentence, Fugitives, Execution (2015) 2 copias
Atlas of the world 2 copias
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- Smith, Alexander Gordon
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Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 por Alexander Gordon Smith
A very dark novel. Many horrific moments but I really enjoyed reading it. Don't go into it with your eyes closed though. There is no sunny outlook I this book. Still I like a good dystopia YA and look forward to reading the next book.
This book is complete popcorn. I am apparently in the mood for popcorn. It doesn't add much in the way of story from the first book (except Simon) but I still tore through it. The waiting can be a little over the top sometimes. I didn't really care. I felt like I was reading an old movie serial, only it's a horror story. Fast, moody, and full of nasty. I look forward to the next book.
While the read was an enjoyable one, I felt the pace moved too fast to really picture what was happening. I love the premise, and would have loved to know a bit more about how this world operates, or to get a glimpse of a normal daily life in Furnace. But the prose was solid, the story was exciting, and I'll be continuing on with the series.
Seriously terrible. The whole book takes place in a space the size of a coffin and when we do get to "escape," we end up floating through a space that hasn't even been described in detail. Seems the premise of the series is to spend a whole book in one room after another to avoid world-building and description. The author asks that we suspend any hope or expectation of belief with what I can describe as nothing less than lazy writing. And don't even get me started on the horrid, cliche metaphors and similies. Here's an example:
"Panting like an overweight dog, and sweating more than a sumo wrestler in a sauna, I pulled my aching fingers from the grille and collapsed."
Yeah. Skip it. I won't be continuing this series.… (más)
"Panting like an overweight dog, and sweating more than a sumo wrestler in a sauna, I pulled my aching fingers from the grille and collapsed."
Yeah. Skip it. I won't be continuing this series.… (más)
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