Otherless

by Ferris Wheel Fox

Marcia Gordon, a future cult leader, starts an arts and crafts club at her high school.

84 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2019

About the author

Ferris Wheel Fox is an indie author infatuated with novellas. They write psychological, experimental, and dark comedy books with the hope of catering to the strange people they love most in this life.

Reviews

[Jack Stark · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Otherless we follow Marcia Gordon, a sixteen year old, narcissistic, high schooler, as she hones her skill in manipulation and leadership. I’m not sure if I liked Marcia personally, but she sure makes for an interesting main character, and although this is a shorter novella, we get a fair amount of moving parts that I enjoyed seeing come together. The story is tense in parts, thoughtful and profound in others. Most importantly, it's very entertaining.

This is my second/third read from Ferris Wheel Fox and it’s safe to say I’m a fan. They write with a simple and whimsical style that makes for an easy read. That’s not intended as a criticism, quite the opposite, their stories have a lot to say and I suspect it’s intentional substance over style; my favourite presentation of storytelling. I really wish more people read Ferris Wheel Fox's work, and I look forward to (hopefully) more being available in the future.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I went in with no expectations, and was blown away.

I would LOVE to see where Gordan goes from here. If she can start a cult at 16, what can she do at 20? 35?

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was tidying up at work and found a print out of this book, no idea where I got it from but there it was waiting patiently for me to give it a read. I wish I had looked into what it was about because for 98% of the book I had no idea what was going on. We follow a girl at school known as Gordon where she starts an art club with some random students, that is pretty much the main plot. The rest of the story is a mesh of Gordon’s various plans for revenge and manipulation, the reader watches as she puts in place long term plans to get revenge, she is certainly a troubled girl and we do get glimpses of how she became damaged. As for the side characters, I did struggle to keep track of them, it might be they get lost under Gordon’s shadow or it might be because Gordon is narrating and only sees them as pawns in her plan, but they come across as rather 2d compared to Gordon herself.

I did enjoy reading this, the writing is nice and easy to get into and everything ties up well in that last 2% where I finally figured out what was going on. Gordon and Ferris Wheel Fox hold their cards close to their chests with this one.

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