Review of Seven at Two Past Five
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Review of Seven at Two Past Five
[Following is a volunteer review of "Seven at Two Past Five" by Tara Basi.]
Fasten your seat belts, the spaceship is taking off! This wild ride of a book takes you into the button makers world. This mixed-up insane world will boggle your brain. The entire tale reads like a train wreck you cannot look away from. The style is like mixing Monty Python with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and toss in a bit of Dante for spice. In Seven at Two past five you meet Abi the button maker. Abi lives in bunk-bed-coffin number seven and leaves each day for work at two past five. Every night that Abi can remember she has the Terrors in her sleep. Terrors with a capital T, for this is not just a bad dream, it is the Terrors. This morning she awakens knowing she had a dream instead of the Terrors. Shaken but not to be put off, she heads to work on time. When she gets there, the blue box with her work materials and the order for the day are not there. Instead of the blue box, there sets the dreaded black box. What has she done wrong? Why is she in trouble? Opening the black box, she discovers she is to be charged for not having the nightly Terror. The official charge is Disturbance Potential. She has just one day to clear her name of this charge. In the course of that day, she will meet a doctor that is batty, a scientist that is wired wrong, a priest that thinks she is an evil soul-eater, a host of greedy court officials and a talking pig.
I loved this whacked out tale. It never seems to be going anywhere, yet it ends. The twisted path that Abi and Zero follow shows great creativity on the writer’s part. This is one book I do not think I will ever forget. I cannot decide if it is the batty doctor or the surfer dude Zero that I like best. It might be that the flying bats for transportation were the best part. The deeper meaning of the book is there for you to find, if you stick with it until the very end. I can say it has affected me almost as much as Allegory of the Cave. The main character, Abi, is clear in my mind’s eye. I can feel her old bones ache and see her thinning white hair. Tara Basi does a wonderful job of showing you the characters.
I do not wish to spoil the book for anyone that ventures into this wacky world, but I will say the ending will shock you if you have not paid attention to the details and the parody of our modern day. This can be seen as a dark play on today’s justice system and the fight between light and dark, among other things.
I must give the book 4 out of 4 stars, the creativity alone merits this. The writing is smooth; the editing is above average with only minor mistakes that do not detract from the story. I did not find a single thing to dislike about this book.
I would suggest this work to adults that enjoy a book with twisted dark humor. Due to the graphic nature of some scenes and the language in several places, I would not recommend this for a younger group. The overall premise of the book could be offensive to people of any religion if they do not have an open mind about their beliefs. There is some strong sexual content.
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Seven at Two Past Five
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Fasten your seat belts, the spaceship is taking off! This wild ride of a book takes you into the button makers world. This mixed-up insane world will boggle your brain. The entire tale reads like a train wreck you cannot look away from. The style is like mixing Monty Python with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and toss in a bit of Dante for spice. In Seven at Two past five you meet Abi the button maker. Abi lives in bunk-bed-coffin number seven and leaves each day for work at two past five. Every night that Abi can remember she has the Terrors in her sleep. Terrors with a capital T, for this is not just a bad dream, it is the Terrors. This morning she awakens knowing she had a dream instead of the Terrors. Shaken but not to be put off, she heads to work on time. When she gets there, the blue box with her work materials and the order for the day are not there. Instead of the blue box, there sets the dreaded black box. What has she done wrong? Why is she in trouble? Opening the black box, she discovers she is to be charged for not having the nightly Terror. The official charge is Disturbance Potential. She has just one day to clear her name of this charge. In the course of that day, she will meet a doctor that is batty, a scientist that is wired wrong, a priest that thinks she is an evil soul-eater, a host of greedy court officials and a talking pig.
I loved this whacked out tale. It never seems to be going anywhere, yet it ends. The twisted path that Abi and Zero follow shows great creativity on the writer’s part. This is one book I do not think I will ever forget. I cannot decide if it is the batty doctor or the surfer dude Zero that I like best. It might be that the flying bats for transportation were the best part. The deeper meaning of the book is there for you to find, if you stick with it until the very end. I can say it has affected me almost as much as Allegory of the Cave. The main character, Abi, is clear in my mind’s eye. I can feel her old bones ache and see her thinning white hair. Tara Basi does a wonderful job of showing you the characters.
I do not wish to spoil the book for anyone that ventures into this wacky world, but I will say the ending will shock you if you have not paid attention to the details and the parody of our modern day. This can be seen as a dark play on today’s justice system and the fight between light and dark, among other things.
I must give the book 4 out of 4 stars, the creativity alone merits this. The writing is smooth; the editing is above average with only minor mistakes that do not detract from the story. I did not find a single thing to dislike about this book.
I would suggest this work to adults that enjoy a book with twisted dark humor. Due to the graphic nature of some scenes and the language in several places, I would not recommend this for a younger group. The overall premise of the book could be offensive to people of any religion if they do not have an open mind about their beliefs. There is some strong sexual content.
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Seven at Two Past Five
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