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Found
Not all the good in the world is known—the same can be said for the bad. People, places and events that seem random, really aren’t.
How are we to know whose lives will be affected, or destroyed? Will one wrong move make the difference? Will one bad decision end somebody’s life?
No one knows what will be lost—or who will be Found.
How are we to know whose lives will be affected, or destroyed? Will one wrong move make the difference? Will one bad decision end somebody’s life?
No one knows what will be lost—or who will be Found.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2015
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Jason Smith
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December 10, 2015
Sometimes in order to be found or find yourself wholly, you got to lose yourself completely first. This is what happens to Noah Carpenter, the main protagonist of the gripping novel Found by Jason Smith. Noah hates his job even if he moved up far in his professional ladder. His relationship with his partner Alice is a dying cause. It doesn’t help that her son Jesse wants to pursue his relationship with his biological father and distances himself away from Noah. Noah experiences an epiphany. He decides to leave his current life behind and never look back; the unknown seems to be a more enticing prospect. While he’s driving to his next destination to start anew, he’s pulled over by a police officer who suspects he’s been drinking and driving (he has a can of beer open, in fact, and was going to reach for it to take a sip). The cop isn’t convinced of his excuses and takes him to a police station for further discussions. But it’s not the police station that they end up in but some kind of organization called We Help U Work and he’s not arrested per se, but he will be if he leaves. He has a choice to stay with the organization who promises him a fully furnished apartment with food in the fridge and clothes in drawers that match his size and a temp job and spare money for his expenses to start off with, but he needs to help them safe humanity. How? Only he learns in the end through his transformative awakening and self-growth.
Found is one of the most refreshing and rare novels I have ever read. To begin with, the reader doesn’t exactly know what is going on in the story up until the last segment of the book. It’s not because the author is trying to puzzle the reader all throughout, but because he reveals each detail in very small portions. The story also follows many different characters who, at the outset, have absolutely nothing to do with one another, but nothing could be further from the truth; there’s so much interconnectedness between them that’s practically—or actually—karmic and cosmic and life-altering. The author has also used skillful flashbacks on occasions to explain where the characters come from to get to where they are in the present. The pacing in the story is fast from the beginning but the revelation of the entire mosaic is gradual and restrained which grasps the reader’s interest and keeps them guessing and riveted until the end. The dialogue is another strong element in Jason’s written work; there’s a lot of it there, but it’s executed superbly and feels very authentic, as if you’re conversing with a friend in reality. Lastly, I respect and admire Noah’s self-transformation. From a selfish and cowardly person, he becomes a go-getter with courage and genuine care for others.
Found is one of the most refreshing and rare novels I have ever read. To begin with, the reader doesn’t exactly know what is going on in the story up until the last segment of the book. It’s not because the author is trying to puzzle the reader all throughout, but because he reveals each detail in very small portions. The story also follows many different characters who, at the outset, have absolutely nothing to do with one another, but nothing could be further from the truth; there’s so much interconnectedness between them that’s practically—or actually—karmic and cosmic and life-altering. The author has also used skillful flashbacks on occasions to explain where the characters come from to get to where they are in the present. The pacing in the story is fast from the beginning but the revelation of the entire mosaic is gradual and restrained which grasps the reader’s interest and keeps them guessing and riveted until the end. The dialogue is another strong element in Jason’s written work; there’s a lot of it there, but it’s executed superbly and feels very authentic, as if you’re conversing with a friend in reality. Lastly, I respect and admire Noah’s self-transformation. From a selfish and cowardly person, he becomes a go-getter with courage and genuine care for others.
February 16, 2016
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When I first got this book I was intrigued by the summary right away. If you think about it, it doesn’t give much about the book at first glance, however, the more you reread it, the more you are asking yourself what it is going to be about. What revelations will the author throw at us, and what will we find?
I remember I have heard or read somewhere that to truly find yourself you need to first get absolutely lost. Oh, now I remember, it was in the third Pirates of Caribbean movie. But enough with my useless banter let me briefly explain what I thought of the book. Simply put it’s fantastic. It mixes everything possible and gets you right in the core. Are you ready for fantasy, suspense, bits of thriller and a really great doze of humor?
Have you ever had the series of awful days? Yes, like those that just ruin the whole course of events and you have no idea how you ended up in all that mess? If yes, you’ll understand Noah Carpenter. His relationship is ruined, he lost his job and was even pulled over for driving under the influence of alcohol. Can it get worse? I wanted to say here my cliché read-for-yourself-and-find-out sentence, but I’ll spoil a bit. It does, but then again it’s how you want it to see. Noah, meets Simon a really, really old guy, who gives him new identity and relocates him. Why the whole thing? Noah is to start a journey of redemption; he will have to help people make things right as he had miserably failed at his own previous life.
Get to know characters that at first glance have nothing to relate to Noah, but the more you read the more you understand, or that’s what you think… Am I going to read another book by Jason Smith? Absolutely, his writing is great and you really need to think to get to the bottom of all of it!
When I first got this book I was intrigued by the summary right away. If you think about it, it doesn’t give much about the book at first glance, however, the more you reread it, the more you are asking yourself what it is going to be about. What revelations will the author throw at us, and what will we find?
I remember I have heard or read somewhere that to truly find yourself you need to first get absolutely lost. Oh, now I remember, it was in the third Pirates of Caribbean movie. But enough with my useless banter let me briefly explain what I thought of the book. Simply put it’s fantastic. It mixes everything possible and gets you right in the core. Are you ready for fantasy, suspense, bits of thriller and a really great doze of humor?
Have you ever had the series of awful days? Yes, like those that just ruin the whole course of events and you have no idea how you ended up in all that mess? If yes, you’ll understand Noah Carpenter. His relationship is ruined, he lost his job and was even pulled over for driving under the influence of alcohol. Can it get worse? I wanted to say here my cliché read-for-yourself-and-find-out sentence, but I’ll spoil a bit. It does, but then again it’s how you want it to see. Noah, meets Simon a really, really old guy, who gives him new identity and relocates him. Why the whole thing? Noah is to start a journey of redemption; he will have to help people make things right as he had miserably failed at his own previous life.
Get to know characters that at first glance have nothing to relate to Noah, but the more you read the more you understand, or that’s what you think… Am I going to read another book by Jason Smith? Absolutely, his writing is great and you really need to think to get to the bottom of all of it!
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