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Review by Abacus -- Superhighway by Alex Fayman
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4 out of 4 stars
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Superhighway By Alex Fayman
A baby was left at an orphanage, an attractive child with black hair and blue eyes. He was chosen for adoption twice but later returned to the orphanage. He made the best of his circumstances even though rejection hurt. Alex felt close to Mrs. Jenkins, the head administrator at the orphanage, she had always loved him like a son, and made sure he had an education. Alex was also hyper-interested with the internet; he was able to leave the modest circumstances of the orphanage and journey, in his mind, to faraway exotic places. When Alex was 18 and all set for college, a gift of computers was set up in the orphanage library to the great glee of everyone. Alex was the only person in the library, when, he picked up a computer cable, squeezed it, and the world changed. He was pulled into a vortex and down a wire into the internet where he moved at high-speed. He popped out of the internet on a real beach in Hawaii looking at a real Porsche, not a picture on a computer screen. At the end of this actual journey through the internet, Alex was tired and extraordinarily hungry, he was to learn the hunger would happen after every journey and must be assuaged.
What I liked best was the following thoughts as I was reading Superhighway. This is a unique feeling. I am moving and picking up speed. Yes! You know what the author is talking about or do you. Constantly reading on and on to get to the meaning, or get to the end or find the logic. It must be on the next page but, is it? It’s the best yarn I have read in a long time. Some might call it a fish story or a fairy tale or the Arabian nights; 1001 stories. I followed gladly through every page; not a "happily ever after" story and not good versus evil but a modern-day story. I have observed the effects in many films but never experienced them when reading. You have captured me Alex Fayman, I will read your stories again. I liked most of all, the intervolving of the first chapter with the final chapter, and I hope other readers will too.
I give this story 4 out of 4 stars for many reasons. The writing is compact but exerts a tremendous pull to go on reading. Alex has so many adventures, and he is free to follow any whim. All aspects of the book, like characters, places, buildings, industries have enough depth to be completely real and believable. Alex seems eminently reasonable. Alex’s thought processes lure you the reader in, and his actions are understandable, even if they ultimately cause him grief. Alex learns to drink beer, roll a joint and enjoy the high life. I did not give the story 3 out of 4 stars because of its surreal qualities. As I have no dislikes, I will do some more likes. I liked the feeling of understanding all the data at the same time, and information seems equally available. I appreciated Alex’s robin-hood motivations.
I would recommend this book to teens and above. It is like a joy-ride at a fair.
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4 out of 4 stars
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Superhighway By Alex Fayman
A baby was left at an orphanage, an attractive child with black hair and blue eyes. He was chosen for adoption twice but later returned to the orphanage. He made the best of his circumstances even though rejection hurt. Alex felt close to Mrs. Jenkins, the head administrator at the orphanage, she had always loved him like a son, and made sure he had an education. Alex was also hyper-interested with the internet; he was able to leave the modest circumstances of the orphanage and journey, in his mind, to faraway exotic places. When Alex was 18 and all set for college, a gift of computers was set up in the orphanage library to the great glee of everyone. Alex was the only person in the library, when, he picked up a computer cable, squeezed it, and the world changed. He was pulled into a vortex and down a wire into the internet where he moved at high-speed. He popped out of the internet on a real beach in Hawaii looking at a real Porsche, not a picture on a computer screen. At the end of this actual journey through the internet, Alex was tired and extraordinarily hungry, he was to learn the hunger would happen after every journey and must be assuaged.
What I liked best was the following thoughts as I was reading Superhighway. This is a unique feeling. I am moving and picking up speed. Yes! You know what the author is talking about or do you. Constantly reading on and on to get to the meaning, or get to the end or find the logic. It must be on the next page but, is it? It’s the best yarn I have read in a long time. Some might call it a fish story or a fairy tale or the Arabian nights; 1001 stories. I followed gladly through every page; not a "happily ever after" story and not good versus evil but a modern-day story. I have observed the effects in many films but never experienced them when reading. You have captured me Alex Fayman, I will read your stories again. I liked most of all, the intervolving of the first chapter with the final chapter, and I hope other readers will too.
I give this story 4 out of 4 stars for many reasons. The writing is compact but exerts a tremendous pull to go on reading. Alex has so many adventures, and he is free to follow any whim. All aspects of the book, like characters, places, buildings, industries have enough depth to be completely real and believable. Alex seems eminently reasonable. Alex’s thought processes lure you the reader in, and his actions are understandable, even if they ultimately cause him grief. Alex learns to drink beer, roll a joint and enjoy the high life. I did not give the story 3 out of 4 stars because of its surreal qualities. As I have no dislikes, I will do some more likes. I liked the feeling of understanding all the data at the same time, and information seems equally available. I appreciated Alex’s robin-hood motivations.
I would recommend this book to teens and above. It is like a joy-ride at a fair.
******
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