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Savage
What would YOU do if you lost the one thing in life that kept you civilized?
Tom Savauge was a normal, average guy—school teacher, father, law-abiding citizen—civilized. When he loses the one thing that makes his life special, Tom changes and walks a fine line between justice and revenge—discovering the savage within. Savage, by R. Patrick Gates is a tale of tragic loss, grief, violence, vengeance, romance and attempted redemption—an exploration of one of life’s horrors and what it does to one man; how it changes him. The first new adult novel from R. Patrick Gates in nine years, SAVAGE is an emotionally-charged dark thriller; a little slice of real-life horror!
Tom Savauge was a normal, average guy—school teacher, father, law-abiding citizen—civilized. When he loses the one thing that makes his life special, Tom changes and walks a fine line between justice and revenge—discovering the savage within. Savage, by R. Patrick Gates is a tale of tragic loss, grief, violence, vengeance, romance and attempted redemption—an exploration of one of life’s horrors and what it does to one man; how it changes him. The first new adult novel from R. Patrick Gates in nine years, SAVAGE is an emotionally-charged dark thriller; a little slice of real-life horror!
267 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 7, 2016
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August 26, 2019
1 star.
I got precisely 40% through the ebook before I finally gave up and deleted it from my Kindle. I loved Grimm Memorials, so I know this author CAN write good books, it would seem he just simply chose not to in this case. To say this book bored me to tears would be quite the merciful understatement. It had a nice enough premise: Guy loses his son to a hit and run accident, goes insane with grief and vows to track down and kill his son's murderer. What I unfortunately didn't find out until after I'd purchased the book was that this so-called revenge story (at least up to the 40% mark) was nothing but page after page, chapter after chapter of the main character moping and sobbing, moping and sobbing, moping and sobbing about his son's death. Probably the first 10 to 12 chapters of the book (yes, literally) are nothing but this guy crying, popping pills, and passing out on his couch. When he finally begins to somewhat snap out of his grief-induced funk and go back to work, we're then blessed with multiple chapters of this guy performing his daily duties as a middle school teacher. It wasn't long after this point that finding the will to continue on with the book was becoming quite the chore, so I finally decided to just cut my $3.99 loss and say to hell with it. Maybe the book got better after my stopping point, maybe it didn't, point is the first half of the story (or lack thereof) didn't leave me the slightest bit of desire to find out either way.
I got precisely 40% through the ebook before I finally gave up and deleted it from my Kindle. I loved Grimm Memorials, so I know this author CAN write good books, it would seem he just simply chose not to in this case. To say this book bored me to tears would be quite the merciful understatement. It had a nice enough premise: Guy loses his son to a hit and run accident, goes insane with grief and vows to track down and kill his son's murderer. What I unfortunately didn't find out until after I'd purchased the book was that this so-called revenge story (at least up to the 40% mark) was nothing but page after page, chapter after chapter of the main character moping and sobbing, moping and sobbing, moping and sobbing about his son's death. Probably the first 10 to 12 chapters of the book (yes, literally) are nothing but this guy crying, popping pills, and passing out on his couch. When he finally begins to somewhat snap out of his grief-induced funk and go back to work, we're then blessed with multiple chapters of this guy performing his daily duties as a middle school teacher. It wasn't long after this point that finding the will to continue on with the book was becoming quite the chore, so I finally decided to just cut my $3.99 loss and say to hell with it. Maybe the book got better after my stopping point, maybe it didn't, point is the first half of the story (or lack thereof) didn't leave me the slightest bit of desire to find out either way.
February 6, 2018
Not his best work.
The book was somewhat of a disappointment to me. There was no real depth to the characters (with the exception of the main character Tom), as though he tried to give life to stereotypes, rather than develop believable personas. There seemed to be a lot of unnecessary fillers and not enough background information.
The book was somewhat of a disappointment to me. There was no real depth to the characters (with the exception of the main character Tom), as though he tried to give life to stereotypes, rather than develop believable personas. There seemed to be a lot of unnecessary fillers and not enough background information.
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