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Flood
The story of Noah's Ark is as old as the Bible.The story of Steve's Ark is as old as the book in your hand.What would happen if Noah were to return to earth today? Well, okay, maybe not Noah, because he’s still dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder from the last adventure, but Steve, an inept celestial underling with a thing for Elvis Presley and a regular misunderstanding of the English language. What would happen if Steve traveled to earth today, assigned by his celestial superiors to prepare for watery chaos? Would he accomplish his mission? Or would he fall prey to human appetites and temptations - money, love, guns, peanut butter, and a Kardashianesque craving for fame and attention - and end up just another dismantled deity on the divine scrap heap of humanity?
170 pages, Paperback
Published January 13, 2019
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May 13, 2019
I won this as a Goodreads Giveaway. I entered the giveaway because the synopsis really sounded good, and there was a mention of it being similar to Christopher Moore. Big fan of CM, so definitely was hoping to get this!
Having read it, though, I have to say...disappointing. From a purely technical standpoint, there are grammatical errors all over the place. Missing punctuation, missing paragraph indentations, what seem like wrong words, etc. Normally, I might be able to overlook those, but in something this short (under 200 pages), it was just frustrating. Next, a lack of character development. I get that Steve, our Noah stand-in, is corrupted once he hits Earth, but due to the compact nature of this story, it literally happens overnight. Steve is on a late-night talk show, and the very next day, he's wanting to line up sponsors for the new Ark, plus he's begun talking like he's stuck in the 90s (lots of "shizzle" and such...and yes, I had to go look up when that word hit big, as I knew it was quite a while ago. I honestly haven't heard anyone say that sort of thing in years, and yes, researching the origins, looks like that's almost 2 decades out of date now). If the story was set in the 90s, that would make sense, I think, but this is firmly set in the here and now, as it mentions a reality TV star becoming president. Some might say that you can't really develop characters in what's essentially a novella, but I believe you can - and these are not.
Speaking of characters, the names. Sigh. Bill Fofill, Linda Fablinda, Julie Boboolie? I'm thinking the author was using some variation of "The Name Game", the song from the 60s. Basically, the only character I enjoyed (yes, even her name) was the female TV reporter/personality that showed up in the interludes, Donna Wedbetter. She was a small ray of sunshine in this book; loved her dialogue, loved her spiral downward. But that's one character, and she wasn't in the book all that much.
Now, having said all this, I do wonder if this plays better on the stage. Yep, that's right - the author has an afterward where he tells the reader that the inspiration for this book was a skit he'd helped create with a small theater group called "Bootstrap Productions". And the chapters are listed as Scene 1, Scene 2, etc, with Donna Wedbetter's Interludes sandwiched between many of the scenes. Sometimes a play can become a book, and sometimes not. I'm also wondering if I would have enjoyed this more if the author had left it in script form, rather than trying to flesh it out into the novella it became.
Either way, as I said, disappointing.
Having read it, though, I have to say...disappointing. From a purely technical standpoint, there are grammatical errors all over the place. Missing punctuation, missing paragraph indentations, what seem like wrong words, etc. Normally, I might be able to overlook those, but in something this short (under 200 pages), it was just frustrating. Next, a lack of character development. I get that Steve, our Noah stand-in, is corrupted once he hits Earth, but due to the compact nature of this story, it literally happens overnight. Steve is on a late-night talk show, and the very next day, he's wanting to line up sponsors for the new Ark, plus he's begun talking like he's stuck in the 90s (lots of "shizzle" and such...and yes, I had to go look up when that word hit big, as I knew it was quite a while ago. I honestly haven't heard anyone say that sort of thing in years, and yes, researching the origins, looks like that's almost 2 decades out of date now). If the story was set in the 90s, that would make sense, I think, but this is firmly set in the here and now, as it mentions a reality TV star becoming president. Some might say that you can't really develop characters in what's essentially a novella, but I believe you can - and these are not.
Speaking of characters, the names. Sigh. Bill Fofill, Linda Fablinda, Julie Boboolie? I'm thinking the author was using some variation of "The Name Game", the song from the 60s. Basically, the only character I enjoyed (yes, even her name) was the female TV reporter/personality that showed up in the interludes, Donna Wedbetter. She was a small ray of sunshine in this book; loved her dialogue, loved her spiral downward. But that's one character, and she wasn't in the book all that much.
Now, having said all this, I do wonder if this plays better on the stage. Yep, that's right - the author has an afterward where he tells the reader that the inspiration for this book was a skit he'd helped create with a small theater group called "Bootstrap Productions". And the chapters are listed as Scene 1, Scene 2, etc, with Donna Wedbetter's Interludes sandwiched between many of the scenes. Sometimes a play can become a book, and sometimes not. I'm also wondering if I would have enjoyed this more if the author had left it in script form, rather than trying to flesh it out into the novella it became.
Either way, as I said, disappointing.
June 6, 2019
I received this book as a Goodreads Giveaway.
This book had so much promise. A group of Heaven corporate members feels the Earth needs to be flooded again and sends a *new* Noah down to lead the project? A bumbling, in-over-his-head Noah who is more interested in Rock and Roll? Yes please.
Unfortunately, the novel doesn't live up to the potential in this comic premise. The characterizations of the protagonist and supporting characters whip-lashed around wildly, making no one really likable. Many of the pop culture references are dated by a decade. The plot swings recklessly without regard for its own timeline. And for what should amount to a humorous fish-out-of-water story of less than 200 pages, Flood gets bogged down in some hamfisted preachiness.
Along with some technical writing issues, this book could've been saved by a bit more development, honestly.
This book had so much promise. A group of Heaven corporate members feels the Earth needs to be flooded again and sends a *new* Noah down to lead the project? A bumbling, in-over-his-head Noah who is more interested in Rock and Roll? Yes please.
Unfortunately, the novel doesn't live up to the potential in this comic premise. The characterizations of the protagonist and supporting characters whip-lashed around wildly, making no one really likable. Many of the pop culture references are dated by a decade. The plot swings recklessly without regard for its own timeline. And for what should amount to a humorous fish-out-of-water story of less than 200 pages, Flood gets bogged down in some hamfisted preachiness.
Along with some technical writing issues, this book could've been saved by a bit more development, honestly.
May 27, 2019
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. It was funny reading with a lot of pop culture and Elvis imaginery that merges quite well with the biblical inspiration of the book.
The plot is hilarious at times and the end result is satisfying.
The plot is hilarious at times and the end result is satisfying.
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