Review of Seditious Behavior
Posted: 22 Sep 2021, 09:37
[Following is a volunteer review of "Seditious Behavior" by Roland Rosado.]
Arthur Paulsen was a young eighteen-year old soldier when he enlisted and was sent to North Korea. Samuel Bierman and Jefferson Banks were among the soldiers he served with. They were all subsequently sent to a top-secret facility where they were put in an intensive training program. In a village they were sweeping, they were bombarded with gun fire and a missile that ended his fellow soldiers lives. Arthur was shot in the head. Suffering from visions, PTSD, blackouts, and then a Voice began speaking to him. Samuel Bierman was at his side at the hospital when he woke up. Bierman introduced Arthur to his wife Takari and their infant daughter Jeanne. He informed him of his extensive sixteen month stay in a coma. After being released Arthur couldn't decipher reality from vision. Always awakening to that Voice telling him to murder, it was overwhelming his conscience. It's when he wakes up in a hotel room, with blood covering his hands and a skeleton handled knife, when he realizes he needs to take back control of his own mind. Being in the war has it corrupted his mind to the point of killing regular citizens? Or was it the shot to the head giving him illusions? It frightened and effected Arthur's mental state. Unsure of how he managed to slice and dice someone without the knowledge of actually doing it put him on edge. The Voice tells him it's his mission. When his parents are murdered and others close to him he goes rogue. He seeks out Jefferson Banks to represent him due to the new law of civil forfeiture. Arthur's words and thoughts about the law were published in the newspaper it put him on the intimidate list for the United States. He gets in contact with Bierman and Takari to help him elude authorities. Going underground to avoid capture Arthur finds the real reason behind his blackouts and visions and it was not what he expected.
Seditious Behavior by Rolando Rosado is a novel depicting United States with a war against its citizens. The ability to ease into Samuel's love life is the high point and gives you hope for Arthur. The book has some enthralling scenes and some uncomfortable ones as well. I do love the optimism throughout the book. Despite Arthur going through the roughest part of his life Rosado manages to portray his positive outlook. How he focused rights being violated on average Americans is a focal point for me in the book. The author gets his point across yet makes you question everything, which I believe was his intent.
The shortcomings for me was the fact that you could not really tell how much time had passed. But in Arthur's defense neither could he. I would of liked more details on some of the characters descriptions because they were kind of vague. Also I would of gotten more out of it for the outcome on Jefferson. He was for the most part a significant part of the book.
I give the book 4 out of 4 stars. There are a couple of repeated statements but overall I enjoyed the book. It's realistic enough that North Korea Korea just test fired a long range missile a few days ago. There are reports currently on Seditious conspiracy about voting rights. A proposal that would require banks to report transactions of $600 or more through all mobile banking entities. We literally can go on about our current world and the similarities in this book.
I would recommend adults to read this due to some of the sexual subject matter. There's a love story, with serious circumstances involving it. Lots of mystery to be read. If you enjoy murder and thriller this is on be you should gravitate to. There is also some strong language.
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Seditious Behavior
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Arthur Paulsen was a young eighteen-year old soldier when he enlisted and was sent to North Korea. Samuel Bierman and Jefferson Banks were among the soldiers he served with. They were all subsequently sent to a top-secret facility where they were put in an intensive training program. In a village they were sweeping, they were bombarded with gun fire and a missile that ended his fellow soldiers lives. Arthur was shot in the head. Suffering from visions, PTSD, blackouts, and then a Voice began speaking to him. Samuel Bierman was at his side at the hospital when he woke up. Bierman introduced Arthur to his wife Takari and their infant daughter Jeanne. He informed him of his extensive sixteen month stay in a coma. After being released Arthur couldn't decipher reality from vision. Always awakening to that Voice telling him to murder, it was overwhelming his conscience. It's when he wakes up in a hotel room, with blood covering his hands and a skeleton handled knife, when he realizes he needs to take back control of his own mind. Being in the war has it corrupted his mind to the point of killing regular citizens? Or was it the shot to the head giving him illusions? It frightened and effected Arthur's mental state. Unsure of how he managed to slice and dice someone without the knowledge of actually doing it put him on edge. The Voice tells him it's his mission. When his parents are murdered and others close to him he goes rogue. He seeks out Jefferson Banks to represent him due to the new law of civil forfeiture. Arthur's words and thoughts about the law were published in the newspaper it put him on the intimidate list for the United States. He gets in contact with Bierman and Takari to help him elude authorities. Going underground to avoid capture Arthur finds the real reason behind his blackouts and visions and it was not what he expected.
Seditious Behavior by Rolando Rosado is a novel depicting United States with a war against its citizens. The ability to ease into Samuel's love life is the high point and gives you hope for Arthur. The book has some enthralling scenes and some uncomfortable ones as well. I do love the optimism throughout the book. Despite Arthur going through the roughest part of his life Rosado manages to portray his positive outlook. How he focused rights being violated on average Americans is a focal point for me in the book. The author gets his point across yet makes you question everything, which I believe was his intent.
The shortcomings for me was the fact that you could not really tell how much time had passed. But in Arthur's defense neither could he. I would of liked more details on some of the characters descriptions because they were kind of vague. Also I would of gotten more out of it for the outcome on Jefferson. He was for the most part a significant part of the book.
I give the book 4 out of 4 stars. There are a couple of repeated statements but overall I enjoyed the book. It's realistic enough that North Korea Korea just test fired a long range missile a few days ago. There are reports currently on Seditious conspiracy about voting rights. A proposal that would require banks to report transactions of $600 or more through all mobile banking entities. We literally can go on about our current world and the similarities in this book.
I would recommend adults to read this due to some of the sexual subject matter. There's a love story, with serious circumstances involving it. Lots of mystery to be read. If you enjoy murder and thriller this is on be you should gravitate to. There is also some strong language.
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Seditious Behavior
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon