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As I mentioned in a previous review, I always read the back of every
book even if I know what the book is about. It’s usually pretty
obvious considering which section of the bookstore it’s in (fantasy,
science fiction, youth 9-12, etc.) and the title. Well this particular
book, Peckerwood Twist,
was sent to me by the author (thank you by the way) and I didn’t quite
know what to expect. I remember the author contacting me earlier and
telling me what the book was about and asking me if I’d like to review
it. I also remember thinking it sounded interesting and wanted to read
it.
Well that was a while ago (not really, maybe a few weeks), but I was in
the middle of other books so I couldn’t get to it at the time (remember
I read slooooooooooow). Anyways so I finally got around to reading it,
but I could not remember what it was about. As per habit, I turn the
book over and read the back. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it
was the opening paragraph of the book. I thought it was the synopsis
of the book and it talked about heat and how it seems to have a life of
its own sometimes. I feel embarrassed admitting it now, but I took the
back of the book literally and thought Peckerwood Twist
would be some kind of science fiction book about heat. Then I
continued reading the back, the part about the author, and then it
occurred to me what the book would be about. Definitely not some evil
being known as heat lol.
Anyways the book is about a man and a women who seek out adventure in
the Amazon. Well I guess seek out isn’t the most accurate description
– more like adventure finds them. They end up searching for gold,
running from drug dealers, meeting ghosts, and other crazy stuff –
least of which being the man and woman are complete strangers who agree
to travel together.
To be honest, I am currently on page 84 out of 206 and I don’t feel
like continuing on. You know how when some people give ridiculous
accounts of events such as why they didn’t do their homework, the
listening party starts thinking “it’s so ridiculous it might just be
true”? Well up to this point the story has been ridiculously
unbelievable that it just might be true.
Considering the book is called Peckerwood Twist,
I am really trying to resist the urge to find out just what this twist
is. Well I suppose I should mention that in this book, one of the
main characters is re-telling the story to someone in a bar which adds
to my suspicion that there is a twist coming.
Ok well it was obvious the woman, Ursula, wasn’t who she pretended to
be. Finally on page 90 and on she reveals who she is and why she
sought out Sam, the male protagonist. Also explains why the story kept
jumping from one thing to another. Turns out it has something to do
with the German concentration camps in World War II and about some
experiments they were doing to twins. I’m a sucker for psychology, so
I am finally getting interested. Oh yeah, and the names Carl, Sigmund,
and Jung were not lost on me. Meanwhile we are told Sam looks
identical to the antagonist of the book which makes the reader wonder……
There was one particular line in the book that secretly put a smile on
my lips – a line about how the protagonist could write a best selling
book after his adventures.
Traveling and sight seeing are very low on my to do list, so a book
that has many details about certain foreign places doesn’t appeal to me
as much as it would for someone else. It’s clear the author has many
exciting stories to tell, but in this book that was a problem. The
book is only 206 pages long, so there just wasn’t enough time to
develop all those stories and plot lines. I would have appreciated the
author just stick to one story line and follow it through. To make
matters worse (or perhaps better), spies and counter spies run rampant
in the book so everything kind of just meshes together.
Well all in all I had fun reading. Peckerwood Twist
It does exactly what a book is meant to do – entertain. Thank you again Captain Nathan Lichtwar for sending me this book to read.
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