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 by David Done is a collection of various fictional short stories and one novella, which are mainly themed based on the events at San Francisco during early seventies. It includes many genres such as sitcom, tragedy, and random others. It interprets the stories which people face every day. There were many different characters in each and every story such as Zhen Hua from the story “Point to point after”, Je from “Yesteryears snows”, Griley from “The San Francisco adventure”, and equal preferences were given to every main role. My personal favorites are the stories – “Point to point after” and ‘’Cat burglars.” The story - Point to point after was a bit imaginative and had a smooth storyline about an old couple, and Cat burglars had a funny and interesting theme.
While reading this book, I felt an old school sensation and a bit of nostalgia, since this book has a set of stories which are purely from the past. They are creative fictions and does not include any kind of rush life, like the modern times. The point of view of each and every character in all the stories was depicted accordingly. Histories always interested me, and therefore this story was perfect for imagining an old era, where it felt like transitioning completely to a different time period.
However, most of the stories didn’t have a proper ending, and some even lacked a proper plot. It was slow, with stories with random endings and therefore I got easily bored. For instance, when I started reading the story, “Blind San Franciscans”, I thought the character Don was treated inferiorly and will have a great moral at the end. Or the girl he loved one-sided, would understand him trying his best, and support him. But it was totally left incomplete at the end, and it I couldn’t understand what the story meant.
I would rate this book two out of four stars, because the book had too many spelling and typo errors from the start. But the main reason would be the lack of proper storyline. And also, it merely has only two to three stories which are properly completed. Notwithstanding, I gave two stars because I felt that this book could undergo a round of proofreading and editing, and I enjoyed a few stories.
This book contains adult content such as usage of drugs and explicit scenes. Therefore, this is recommended for mature audience and for those who loves to explore random fictional stories about lives of people during seventies era.
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Tales of the Seventies
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Tales of the Seventies by David Done is a collection of various fictional short stories and one novella, which are mainly themed based on the events at San Francisco during early seventies. It includes many genres such as sitcom, tragedy, and random others. It interprets the stories which people face every day. There were many different characters in each and every story such as Zhen Hua from the story “Point to point after”, Je from “Yesteryears snows”, Griley from “The San Francisco adventure”, and equal preferences were given to every main role. My personal favorites are the stories – “Point to point after” and ‘’Cat burglars.” The story - Point to point after was a bit imaginative and had a smooth storyline about an old couple, and Cat burglars had a funny and interesting theme.
While reading this book, I felt an old school sensation and a bit of nostalgia, since this book has a set of stories which are purely from the past. They are creative fictions and does not include any kind of rush life, like the modern times. The point of view of each and every character in all the stories was depicted accordingly. Histories always interested me, and therefore this story was perfect for imagining an old era, where it felt like transitioning completely to a different time period.
However, most of the stories didn’t have a proper ending, and some even lacked a proper plot. It was slow, with stories with random endings and therefore I got easily bored. For instance, when I started reading the story, “Blind San Franciscans”, I thought the character Don was treated inferiorly and will have a great moral at the end. Or the girl he loved one-sided, would understand him trying his best, and support him. But it was totally left incomplete at the end, and it I couldn’t understand what the story meant.
I would rate this book two out of four stars, because the book had too many spelling and typo errors from the start. But the main reason would be the lack of proper storyline. And also, it merely has only two to three stories which are properly completed. Notwithstanding, I gave two stars because I felt that this book could undergo a round of proofreading and editing, and I enjoyed a few stories.
This book contains adult content such as usage of drugs and explicit scenes. Therefore, this is recommended for mature audience and for those who loves to explore random fictional stories about lives of people during seventies era.
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Tales of the Seventies
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