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Status

Hiatus

Year

2017

Author

gsmitty30

• 2: Fuel me Once
  Sep 15, 2017
• 1: Easely Done
  Sep 14, 2017

Reviews

Community Reviews(2)

• God_is_GoodRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  This book... it took my breath away.  Because it's such an extraordinary gem, such a treasure that I think could change lives...and yet no one even seems to know it exists.  This book is beautiful on so many levels.  It's the story of a man as he struggles to find the truth, fights the guilt and shame threatening to drag him down, and yet never stops fighting, never stops believing in what he knows is right. Every second of it, I was watching Adrian, feeling with him, deeply moved and hoping the whole time that he'd rise above his struggles in the end.  Several times I cried, and laughed for joy as well, as the story went on and Adrain's story began to pick up like a tiny snowball picking up more and more snow as it continues to thunder down the hill.
  The style is really strong, with rich, vivid descriptions that put me on the scene at once.  There were several times where I felt the description was too heavy and there wasn't enough actual talking, but I doubt that I do much better on my own writing, so I won't judge by that.
  I won't go into spoilers with the story itself, but I will say that the emotion and the tenderness of the story will make you crave to read more with every second.  It's fairly slow-paced, despite the darker action happening, giving the reader time to really focus on what's happening beyond just actions.
  The grammar is fabulous, and if there were mistakes, I hardly noticed them.  I don't really judge on grammar though.
  The story revolves only around a single character, Adrain, which, although I'm really not used to, really gave us a chance to view him in depth.  He's completely alone, and his struggles are shared at a really deep level with the reader, although the lack of character interaction really did throw me off.  Adrian's struggles, his flaws, his deep inner desires- all of them are real, and painted perfectly.  I related to him deeply, I understood his pain, and I think we all will if we take the time to.
  This story is a masterpiece.  I
• mrfuzzyguyRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Style: Very thought provoking style with solid use of imagery and metaphors.  Flows smooth, with well worked sentence structure that is rarely flowery at lengthy at times. Which is the only issue I have with it. Sometimes description can't get a long-winded occasionally repeating things.
  Story: Gsmitty weaves an emotional tale. Frought with tension and suspense, cooled with morbidness. Lots of thing in the background with well thought out flashbacks reveal just enough to make you want to know more.
  Grammar: I'm no grammar Nazi. 14 chapter in I've only noticed one error that was fixed immediately after being pointed out.
  Character: One of the best poi t of this story is filling this lone survivor on the cusp of insanity as he deals with morality and guilt in his struggle to survive. The minor issue I have is that once in a while he makes an odd choice. None completely unrelatable but for a survivor who has already made it for eight months, he seems to make his his extra hard, due to his high morals. Maybe it's just because I've been through some shit, But I feel like survival instills would outdo morale as he avoid looting certain things to escape the guilt of stealing. I think a lot of people would relate to being justified in talk g what is need for survival. Maybe he is a rare breed, or he's had an easy time in his off screen survival.