Official Review: Going Gone by Abraham Lopez

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Re: Official Review: Going Gone by Abraham Lopez

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Thanks for your review, it is complete and gives me a good look at the book, I am not usually a dystopian reader, but this book sounds like a great beginning. A good collection of stories makes the entire plot really engaging. I am looking forward reading this book very soon.
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I find the dystopian genre intriguing .It is a collection of stories which makes it all the more an interesting read for me .The cohesiveness of the theme throughout the book as you mentioned is a plus on the side of the author .I will be checking out this book.thank you for the review. :tiphat:
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As the reviewer said, it is a dystopian novel. I would love to read this since the plot also seems to be interesting.
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Going gone! By Abraham Lopez is an interesting book with great characters in the persons of Phil Barr, and Jessie, you hardly can drop this book once opened, it xrays thing going on in our political world, it's a typical example of African politics. I recommend it to everyone and rates it 5stars.
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Thank you for the review! Although I like the idea of reading the story from different points of views of several characters, I wouldn't be able to stand not knowing what becomes of each character as you mentioned. I applaud the author for the creativeness of the viewpoints for different characters though. But I read the sample and based on the plot of the dystopian society and some politics involved, I am not interested.
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Great review, I often find that one story told from different points of view can get a bit repetitive, but this sounds like the author carried it off well.
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This collection of stories sounds fascinating! I enjoy dystopian stories, especially when they seem like a realistic outcome. Congrats on book of the day! Great review!
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I've heard but never been opportune to read a dystopian anthology. From the review, I think I'll just pass. Hope others enjoy it
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I love dystopian. Collection of short stories always makes sense to me, but this cult and atheist issues i dont really like. But the book is good though. I found this to be a very unique and interesting way to tell the story of a country's demise. It captured my attention too, well its already in my shelf.
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The book sounds interesting and I love it that the series of vignette still works along the plot of the book, but what I'm doubtful about is the comprehension of the story with the dispersed characters.
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:techie-reference: It left me breathless it was a consuming read love to see how it ends, show you what the world is like after a country's devastation and what rose from the ashes and the courage it took the rest of them to continue with their lives.
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This book sounds interesting as it seems to be a few stories as part of a bigger story and very complex. I do wish there was more development for the characters because I really enjoy feeling a connection with the people I read about. I love dystopian book, and this one does not sound like it will disappoint. Great Review! :)
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Thank you for your review. This book sounds interesting and I am glad that the errors didn't fully take away from the reading experience. I have added this to my reading list and hope to get to it soon. :techie-studyinggray: :techie-studyinggray:
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I enjoyed the preview and thank you for the review. Knowing the story takes off so hugely is very appealing. Though it's not my prefered type of reading, it does sound very interesting.
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The book sounds fascinating. A president's assassination and a feud between two countries due to this occurrence, I would have a great time reading it. Thank you for the review.
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