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Takers
Jake Troxell's debut supernatural thriller follows a twenty-something Native American's haunted adventure through his people's traumatic past and uncertain future.
In 1843, Chief Ahote set forth in search of a deadly weapon. Instead, he discovered an instrument of peace...
One-hundred and fifty years later, Grant McDermott, while heading home for his father’s funeral, accidentally carves his way into Ahote’s legacy by way of a dull switchblade and a sacred oak tree.
Haunted by his failures as a son, an actor, and a boyfriend, Grant must overcome a much more bone-chilling problem: a tribe of violent creatures stalking him throughout the desert.
Accompanied by his ex-flame and a group of survivors who only make things more complicated, Grant finds gut-punching surprises await him at every turn.
Can Grant find a way to fix Ahote’s mistakes? Or is he destined to disappear into the Arizona desert like the countless others before him?
Told in flashbacks between 1843 and 1993, this time-hopping tale is every bit as heartfelt and fun as it is frightening and thrilling.
In 1843, Chief Ahote set forth in search of a deadly weapon. Instead, he discovered an instrument of peace...
One-hundred and fifty years later, Grant McDermott, while heading home for his father’s funeral, accidentally carves his way into Ahote’s legacy by way of a dull switchblade and a sacred oak tree.
Haunted by his failures as a son, an actor, and a boyfriend, Grant must overcome a much more bone-chilling problem: a tribe of violent creatures stalking him throughout the desert.
Accompanied by his ex-flame and a group of survivors who only make things more complicated, Grant finds gut-punching surprises await him at every turn.
Can Grant find a way to fix Ahote’s mistakes? Or is he destined to disappear into the Arizona desert like the countless others before him?
Told in flashbacks between 1843 and 1993, this time-hopping tale is every bit as heartfelt and fun as it is frightening and thrilling.
374 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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October 12, 2019
It took me over four months to read this book. I wanted to abandon it so many times, but the story is generally good.
Readers are frequently brought into the middle of things so I feel like I was always playing catch up trying to figure out what was happening. The story bounced around between different timelines and I was left wondering why these things were related. I was just so confused all the time.
I also think the book also needs help with editing. There are incomplete sentences, missing words, wrong tenses, etc.
Readers are frequently brought into the middle of things so I feel like I was always playing catch up trying to figure out what was happening. The story bounced around between different timelines and I was left wondering why these things were related. I was just so confused all the time.
I also think the book also needs help with editing. There are incomplete sentences, missing words, wrong tenses, etc.
January 19, 2019
I received a free Kindle copy of this book via the Goodreads Giveaways program and am thankful to anyone involved in making that happen.
The blurb for this book was very compelling and I had high hopes but the execution left much to be desired and I really struggled to finish this. There are constant errors throughout this book which made it very difficult for me to engage with the story. There are many typos, wrong words used, missing words, tense issues, etc. At the beginning I was determined to get through the whole thing and was highlighting the most egregious errors but I felt much more like I was copy editing instead of reading the story and I gave up around the halfway mark and just skimmed the rest.
As an example this is an actual sentence from around the halfway point of the book: "Hotomi grinded his teeth as his father argue that peace has its part to play in war." Grinded is not a word and is used several times (should be ground), argue should have a d on the end of it and has should be had in this sentence to keep the tense consistent. I am just not one of those readers who can ignore these types of things or enjoy a story that contains so many of them.
The blurb for this book was very compelling and I had high hopes but the execution left much to be desired and I really struggled to finish this. There are constant errors throughout this book which made it very difficult for me to engage with the story. There are many typos, wrong words used, missing words, tense issues, etc. At the beginning I was determined to get through the whole thing and was highlighting the most egregious errors but I felt much more like I was copy editing instead of reading the story and I gave up around the halfway mark and just skimmed the rest.
As an example this is an actual sentence from around the halfway point of the book: "Hotomi grinded his teeth as his father argue that peace has its part to play in war." Grinded is not a word and is used several times (should be ground), argue should have a d on the end of it and has should be had in this sentence to keep the tense consistent. I am just not one of those readers who can ignore these types of things or enjoy a story that contains so many of them.
January 29, 2019
Needs Work
I got this book through a Goodreads giveaway.
I don’t generally have a problem with books that bounce between characters or timelines by chapter or every few chapters, however Takers fails to do so effectively. The book starts off with a chunk about the conflict between natives and white scalpers paired with a bit of supernatural. Then the story jumps to a seemingly unrelated struggling actor so you’re left wondering what the prologue (and for that matter the current storyline) have to do with anything.
It’s hard to tell which character is which and how the story threads are interwoven. I get that Grant is a flawed character, but you’d think after a couple days being repeatedly murdered and chased by zombies he’d be a little less self centered. There are also numerous spelling or grammar errors that were distracting.
Overall a potentially interesting concept, but needs significant editing.
I got this book through a Goodreads giveaway.
I don’t generally have a problem with books that bounce between characters or timelines by chapter or every few chapters, however Takers fails to do so effectively. The book starts off with a chunk about the conflict between natives and white scalpers paired with a bit of supernatural. Then the story jumps to a seemingly unrelated struggling actor so you’re left wondering what the prologue (and for that matter the current storyline) have to do with anything.
It’s hard to tell which character is which and how the story threads are interwoven. I get that Grant is a flawed character, but you’d think after a couple days being repeatedly murdered and chased by zombies he’d be a little less self centered. There are also numerous spelling or grammar errors that were distracting.
Overall a potentially interesting concept, but needs significant editing.
November 20, 2018
This is a fair and balanced review.
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