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Limbo
An adventure thriller.
Hardcover
Published November 5, 1992
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September 8, 2023
This is a difficult review to write. It's so late.
This was the first book I read, near the beginning of 2020, when I could not sit and read at the coffee shop. I think I even walked down to my favourite haunt, and discovered it, and everything else, was closed indefinitely due to COVID. I went home, wondering about my job, my chances of getting sick, and what normalcy would next be nixed. It felt very odd to be sitting at home in the morning, reading a book; actual at-home reading for me was usually at night, with dark windows and a light on. I felt like I had best get used to being stuck at home, because this might go on for weeks...
A lot on my mind, as I started Limbo by Kenneth Royce, over three years ago. But, it whisked me away. It was the perfect escape. After I had finished it a few days later, watching major league sports roll up and disappear - my usual background noise while reading at home in the evening, so another jarring change of routine; needed new non-distracting ambient sound - I went to review Limbo...and couldn't find a listing for it at the website.
Suddenly, either I'm better at searching, or the book has made it to the big-time! But I don't remember everything. I recall: fast action, more than capable prose for an action thriller, a whirlwind plot with a strong premise, tough odds thanks to sinister arrayed forces, and something comparable to The Quiller Memorandum. I think, also, that this was one of the first novels I set about acquiring after picking up Mike Ripley's reading guide called Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, and thinking "Okay, there's some good stuff in this reading guide.". I also felt like everything was going to be okay. A fun, escapist action thriller done right, would help me get through whatever life would be like outside books.
So, I kind of wanted to do a review of this book, and I sure can't spoil it for you at this point with one plot tease too many, because I remember only parts of this book. But it has this weird, special spot in my memories because it represented keeping healthy routines, and it was a thrill to read with the lights off.
This was the first book I read, near the beginning of 2020, when I could not sit and read at the coffee shop. I think I even walked down to my favourite haunt, and discovered it, and everything else, was closed indefinitely due to COVID. I went home, wondering about my job, my chances of getting sick, and what normalcy would next be nixed. It felt very odd to be sitting at home in the morning, reading a book; actual at-home reading for me was usually at night, with dark windows and a light on. I felt like I had best get used to being stuck at home, because this might go on for weeks...
A lot on my mind, as I started Limbo by Kenneth Royce, over three years ago. But, it whisked me away. It was the perfect escape. After I had finished it a few days later, watching major league sports roll up and disappear - my usual background noise while reading at home in the evening, so another jarring change of routine; needed new non-distracting ambient sound - I went to review Limbo...and couldn't find a listing for it at the website.
Suddenly, either I'm better at searching, or the book has made it to the big-time! But I don't remember everything. I recall: fast action, more than capable prose for an action thriller, a whirlwind plot with a strong premise, tough odds thanks to sinister arrayed forces, and something comparable to The Quiller Memorandum. I think, also, that this was one of the first novels I set about acquiring after picking up Mike Ripley's reading guide called Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, and thinking "Okay, there's some good stuff in this reading guide.". I also felt like everything was going to be okay. A fun, escapist action thriller done right, would help me get through whatever life would be like outside books.
So, I kind of wanted to do a review of this book, and I sure can't spoil it for you at this point with one plot tease too many, because I remember only parts of this book. But it has this weird, special spot in my memories because it represented keeping healthy routines, and it was a thrill to read with the lights off.
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