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Bricked In
Bricked In is a disgusting glimmer of self-recognition. For many, happiness is found in freedom. After winning the lottery, a former gypsy becomes the queen of a dystopia. Newlyweds, Bethany and Neil, join this isolated society, which is devoid of common American laws. With no holds barred, experimental science takes place.
276 pages, Paperback
Published October 20, 2017
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October 3, 2018This was a review request and sadly it didn’t work out for me, I read until about 22% where I DNF’d. I’ll leave a brief review and if it sounds like your kind of thing check it out!
A young, newly wed couple are leaving the United States in search for a better life, they fell on hard times, Niel lost his job, they were struggling to pay the mortgage, so they are traveling to a new “country” which is really more like an enormous brick building city-state kind of like Rome. When they arrive at the border they are asked one last time if they would like to turn around and go back, that once they sign the papers and enter the new city they will officially denounce their US citizenship and it would be difficult to go back on the decision. It sounded very ominous, and boy was I right. They’re making a major life change, leaving behind everything they know to join this new society.
It was built by a poor mother and daughter that struck the lotto and built this place as a “haven” for outcast people – there’s no such thing as money in this society so it does have some allure to those on the outside.
When they get there, though, there’s a ceremony held in their honor, sort of, it turns out it’s an execution for the couple they are replacing. Both couples are up on a stage much like a concert facing everyone who lives in Nioba (which is like 10,000). The previous couple had broken some rules or something, and they were sliced open at the stomach to create as much bloodshed as possible. It’s “customary” in their culture to then “body surf” the bodies through the crowd to cover everyone in as much blood as possible. There was a lot of dancing, kissing, fucking, and what have you as these bodies were being passed around.
This is a world where the noble class holds complete control over the other citizens, things are rationed out based on whether the guards/nobles feel you deserve it or not. You can’t just go buy a skirt or a hoolahoop (things characters tried to barter for), everything has to be approved through the authorities. There aren’t many entertainment venues either, TV isn’t a thing here, and many people start growing tails. I didn’t get far enough in the book for an explanation on that, but it could be related to the pills the couple was forced to take upon entry.
It also follows the Princess and the Prince of this Niobian culture, and their relationship is pretty strange. He’s pretty abusive, forceful, and gets aroused by blood and it leads to some out-of-the-norm sex scenes. She does seem to love him, and it just makes me feel worse for her, not better about the whole thing. The Princess also has a very strained and one-way relationship with her mother, the Queen of this counter-culture. When she told her mother that she didn’t want to attend the executions anymore she was threatened with “replacement”.
It then switched to the POV of “Plum Cake” who is an 11 year old boy having a birthday… he ends up masturbating to hard core porn while a bunch of scientists watch and comment on how quickly he’s growing up.
It was at that point I DNF’d, I like dark stuff, but there are points I just don’t cross and that I suppose is one of my lines.
This will be for people who enjoy reading books that go outside the normal realms of dark or strange.
A young, newly wed couple are leaving the United States in search for a better life, they fell on hard times, Niel lost his job, they were struggling to pay the mortgage, so they are traveling to a new “country” which is really more like an enormous brick building city-state kind of like Rome. When they arrive at the border they are asked one last time if they would like to turn around and go back, that once they sign the papers and enter the new city they will officially denounce their US citizenship and it would be difficult to go back on the decision. It sounded very ominous, and boy was I right. They’re making a major life change, leaving behind everything they know to join this new society.
It was built by a poor mother and daughter that struck the lotto and built this place as a “haven” for outcast people – there’s no such thing as money in this society so it does have some allure to those on the outside.
When they get there, though, there’s a ceremony held in their honor, sort of, it turns out it’s an execution for the couple they are replacing. Both couples are up on a stage much like a concert facing everyone who lives in Nioba (which is like 10,000). The previous couple had broken some rules or something, and they were sliced open at the stomach to create as much bloodshed as possible. It’s “customary” in their culture to then “body surf” the bodies through the crowd to cover everyone in as much blood as possible. There was a lot of dancing, kissing, fucking, and what have you as these bodies were being passed around.
This is a world where the noble class holds complete control over the other citizens, things are rationed out based on whether the guards/nobles feel you deserve it or not. You can’t just go buy a skirt or a hoolahoop (things characters tried to barter for), everything has to be approved through the authorities. There aren’t many entertainment venues either, TV isn’t a thing here, and many people start growing tails. I didn’t get far enough in the book for an explanation on that, but it could be related to the pills the couple was forced to take upon entry.
It also follows the Princess and the Prince of this Niobian culture, and their relationship is pretty strange. He’s pretty abusive, forceful, and gets aroused by blood and it leads to some out-of-the-norm sex scenes. She does seem to love him, and it just makes me feel worse for her, not better about the whole thing. The Princess also has a very strained and one-way relationship with her mother, the Queen of this counter-culture. When she told her mother that she didn’t want to attend the executions anymore she was threatened with “replacement”.
It then switched to the POV of “Plum Cake” who is an 11 year old boy having a birthday… he ends up masturbating to hard core porn while a bunch of scientists watch and comment on how quickly he’s growing up.
It was at that point I DNF’d, I like dark stuff, but there are points I just don’t cross and that I suppose is one of my lines.
This will be for people who enjoy reading books that go outside the normal realms of dark or strange.
December 5, 2017
Bricked In by Max Wannow
Title: Bricked In
Author: Max Wannow
First Published: October 2017
Publishers: CreateSpace Independant Publishing Platform
Pages: 254
Price on Amazon: Paperback: £8.17 Kindle: £3.02
ISBN: 197823633
I was contacted by the author of this book Max Wannow and asked if i could read this book and give an honest review. So here it goes. As always my reviews are my personal opinion which I have a right to voice and I do not write what people tell me to write, I only write honest reviews.
Bricked in follows the life of a former gypsy women who wins the lottery. Deciding to create a distopian kingdom in which she is the queen and her daughter is the princess, this kingdom does not follow normal rules or social norms. With people joining the kindom and it expanding what will happen?
First of all I want to say I found this book ver hard going. Personally I think it is not for me. I found the plot to be a bit all over the place in parts and for the first time in a long time I found I did not like any of the characters in the story.
This book is written in a very unusal and different way compared to other distopian novels and touches on taboo subjects which some readers may find difficult to read. So i'm not going to say don't read this book, I am simply saying it is not for me as I personally didn't enjoy it and wouldn't read it again.
I have chosen to give this book a single star out of five stars.
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Title: Bricked In
Author: Max Wannow
First Published: October 2017
Publishers: CreateSpace Independant Publishing Platform
Pages: 254
Price on Amazon: Paperback: £8.17 Kindle: £3.02
ISBN: 197823633
I was contacted by the author of this book Max Wannow and asked if i could read this book and give an honest review. So here it goes. As always my reviews are my personal opinion which I have a right to voice and I do not write what people tell me to write, I only write honest reviews.
Bricked in follows the life of a former gypsy women who wins the lottery. Deciding to create a distopian kingdom in which she is the queen and her daughter is the princess, this kingdom does not follow normal rules or social norms. With people joining the kindom and it expanding what will happen?
First of all I want to say I found this book ver hard going. Personally I think it is not for me. I found the plot to be a bit all over the place in parts and for the first time in a long time I found I did not like any of the characters in the story.
This book is written in a very unusal and different way compared to other distopian novels and touches on taboo subjects which some readers may find difficult to read. So i'm not going to say don't read this book, I am simply saying it is not for me as I personally didn't enjoy it and wouldn't read it again.
I have chosen to give this book a single star out of five stars.
My Review can be found on:
Amazon (Once the book has been published)
Goodreads,
Net Galley, (If from Net Galley)
My Blogs www.lu-ellensreadingandreviewingblog....
www.lusreviewsblog.wordpress.com
Links to my review can be found on:
Twitter: @lusreviews
Facebook: @lusreviews
Instagram: lusreviews
October 1, 2018
A gypsy mother and her five-year-old daughter win the lottery and build a society where moral values are completely different from the outside world. People who lost everything in life can choose to go and live there since money doesn’t exist and there are other ways of living.
I’m not sure what to say about this book. At first, I was curious about what people were going to find within the walls of the city, and some things, I think, worked pretty well. The genetic experiments were a nice touch, just if they were not as absurd as they were. Somehow somethings didn’t make sense. The fact that they all grew a tail in order to sustain everyone was a fun idea, but I really doubt they could produce as much protein as needed.
The characters were not fully developed, and their actions didn’t make a lot of sense. I wonder why a nomad gypsy would decide to settle down just because she won the lottery. I was also taken aback due to the absence of a real plot. From a moment onwards, everything was all over the place. I don’t mind reading about people who have lost their values and have become completely depraved, but I need a minimum of a story to be able to go on. It didn’t help that the book was poorly written, and the dialogs seemed forced.
Max Wannow narrated the book himself. It was mostly okay, with some noticeable audio edits, but overall a decent job. His female voices sounded a bit forced, but it could have been done on purpose to make the characters even more ridiculous than they really were.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
I’m not sure what to say about this book. At first, I was curious about what people were going to find within the walls of the city, and some things, I think, worked pretty well. The genetic experiments were a nice touch, just if they were not as absurd as they were. Somehow somethings didn’t make sense. The fact that they all grew a tail in order to sustain everyone was a fun idea, but I really doubt they could produce as much protein as needed.
The characters were not fully developed, and their actions didn’t make a lot of sense. I wonder why a nomad gypsy would decide to settle down just because she won the lottery. I was also taken aback due to the absence of a real plot. From a moment onwards, everything was all over the place. I don’t mind reading about people who have lost their values and have become completely depraved, but I need a minimum of a story to be able to go on. It didn’t help that the book was poorly written, and the dialogs seemed forced.
Max Wannow narrated the book himself. It was mostly okay, with some noticeable audio edits, but overall a decent job. His female voices sounded a bit forced, but it could have been done on purpose to make the characters even more ridiculous than they really were.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
August 30, 2018
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