Review of Tales of the Seventies
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Review of Tales of the Seventies
[Following is a volunteer review of "Tales of the Seventies" by David Done.]
"Tales of the Seventies" is a delightful fiction about the San Franciscan way of life, stringed in seven short stories and a novella, set in the seventies. The titles of the stories are so placed as one cannot judge the content, which keeps you eager. Under unconventional circumstances people act in different ways. Sometimes love, sometimes frustration, sometimes loneliness and sometimes drugs supersede their decisions. This is what has been skillfully expressed by David Done in these stories.
The intense description of love towards his wife and the myriad of emotions under which the hardest decision of his life is being made by the disquiet protagonist in the story 'Point to Point After' is so rapturing.
The author has also acknowledged the presence of humbugs in society, executing their motives secretly and carrying out liberality at the same time so as to keep that the people oblivious about their being incriminated. However, David Done has well presented that it takes good management skills to attract and retain talent without any discrimination and making good use of it for mutual benefits.
The expedition of 'The Cat Burglars' to the zoo and back is enthralling and is the soul of the book. The story is inspired by an article that the author had read, nonetheless the confusion and jeopardy in the over-confident intruders' plan is hilarious.
The author has identified loneliness and aimlessness as factors wrenching the lives of Terrence McAckers and Mack, in two different stories, marking the beginning of their ends.
Written in witty style, the depiction of ostracized relations of a couple in 'The San Francisco Adventure', seems factual and husband's kicking off to the voyage to discover the physical embodiment of his dream and its aftermath is interesting.
The novella the 'Yesteryears Snows' are percepts from the life of a schizophrenic drug-addict. The imaginary world, characters and feeling of the besotted protagonist is comprehensible while the unconditional support that his beloved and friend extends to him and suffers the impact of his delusions and suspicions leaving things on serendipity is hurting. David Done has successfully concretized the abstract and wild thoughts of the protagonist through his words.
The writing is simple and understandable and the author has avoided unnecessary details while concentrating on the required and most appropriate description of his characters and scenes. The readers can also sense the prevalence of most of the situations and behaviors in contemporary times too. The author has offered some of the exclusive features of seventies like reluctance in appreciating the use of computers in designing, the game of liar's dice in bars, use of forbidden magazines to gratify pleasure, etc.
The book is full of expressions, emotions and humor which uplift the reader's spirits, however, the author has overly illustrated romantic and lustful expressions in many stories. There are no evident spelling or grammatical mistakes.
Although the stories are from seventies yet both old and young readers will enjoy the book. I choose to give 3 out of 4 stars .
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Tales of the Seventies
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"Tales of the Seventies" is a delightful fiction about the San Franciscan way of life, stringed in seven short stories and a novella, set in the seventies. The titles of the stories are so placed as one cannot judge the content, which keeps you eager. Under unconventional circumstances people act in different ways. Sometimes love, sometimes frustration, sometimes loneliness and sometimes drugs supersede their decisions. This is what has been skillfully expressed by David Done in these stories.
The intense description of love towards his wife and the myriad of emotions under which the hardest decision of his life is being made by the disquiet protagonist in the story 'Point to Point After' is so rapturing.
The author has also acknowledged the presence of humbugs in society, executing their motives secretly and carrying out liberality at the same time so as to keep that the people oblivious about their being incriminated. However, David Done has well presented that it takes good management skills to attract and retain talent without any discrimination and making good use of it for mutual benefits.
The expedition of 'The Cat Burglars' to the zoo and back is enthralling and is the soul of the book. The story is inspired by an article that the author had read, nonetheless the confusion and jeopardy in the over-confident intruders' plan is hilarious.
The author has identified loneliness and aimlessness as factors wrenching the lives of Terrence McAckers and Mack, in two different stories, marking the beginning of their ends.
Written in witty style, the depiction of ostracized relations of a couple in 'The San Francisco Adventure', seems factual and husband's kicking off to the voyage to discover the physical embodiment of his dream and its aftermath is interesting.
The novella the 'Yesteryears Snows' are percepts from the life of a schizophrenic drug-addict. The imaginary world, characters and feeling of the besotted protagonist is comprehensible while the unconditional support that his beloved and friend extends to him and suffers the impact of his delusions and suspicions leaving things on serendipity is hurting. David Done has successfully concretized the abstract and wild thoughts of the protagonist through his words.
The writing is simple and understandable and the author has avoided unnecessary details while concentrating on the required and most appropriate description of his characters and scenes. The readers can also sense the prevalence of most of the situations and behaviors in contemporary times too. The author has offered some of the exclusive features of seventies like reluctance in appreciating the use of computers in designing, the game of liar's dice in bars, use of forbidden magazines to gratify pleasure, etc.
The book is full of expressions, emotions and humor which uplift the reader's spirits, however, the author has overly illustrated romantic and lustful expressions in many stories. There are no evident spelling or grammatical mistakes.
Although the stories are from seventies yet both old and young readers will enjoy the book. I choose to give 3 out of 4 stars .
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Tales of the Seventies
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