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Crash: A novel
Hijackers ditch an airliner into the remote Canadian wilderness and seventeen-year-old Kyle Reynolds, along with the rest of St. Mark’s award winning jazz band, somehow survives the crash. Kyle escapes into the wild with Misty, the girl of his daydreams, only to find out the hijackers will stop at nothing to find her. Fighting a relentless pack of terrorists and the unforgiving wilderness, Kyle is stunned to discover why Misty is the prize the terrorists are after and even more shocked to find his feelings for Misty are so deep he is willing to do anything to protect her…even die to keep her safe.
302 pages, Paperback
Published May 23, 2018
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August 17, 2020
First and foremost, thank you to the author for gifting me with this novel, as I enjoyed it and look forward to the next installment. Although it was a slow starter for me, I found myself reading more of it and more often throughout the week, and it ended on a cliffhanger that really irritated me! I want to know what happens next!
My complaints are few and simple. I understand the novel is aimed at young adult readers, yet the (at least) four incredibly gory mentions of violence are out of place when the protagonist won’t use profanity, and when he does, he uses a “swear.” It’s as if the author is forgetting that the reader is most important, not the protagonist.
The story is a classic boyhood fantasy — the girl of his dreams doesn’t know he exists until she requires his rescue using the skills only he possesses, in this case, his wilderness survival skills, honed in Alaska, as you’ll read multiple times. His inner monologue would be sufficient to drive the narrative, but gets repeated out loud too often. His choice of expressions is dated, considering I haven’t heard them used since the 1980’s, which makes his age of 17 hard to remember. More editing could do the book well.
A hint of Islamophobia pervades the story, and a general aire of ignorance to the fact the protagonist can survive in the wilderness yet doesn’t know how to treat another person (in this case, a girl) remains throughout. I would have hoped for more character growth from both protagonists.
Bring on book 2!
My complaints are few and simple. I understand the novel is aimed at young adult readers, yet the (at least) four incredibly gory mentions of violence are out of place when the protagonist won’t use profanity, and when he does, he uses a “swear.” It’s as if the author is forgetting that the reader is most important, not the protagonist.
The story is a classic boyhood fantasy — the girl of his dreams doesn’t know he exists until she requires his rescue using the skills only he possesses, in this case, his wilderness survival skills, honed in Alaska, as you’ll read multiple times. His inner monologue would be sufficient to drive the narrative, but gets repeated out loud too often. His choice of expressions is dated, considering I haven’t heard them used since the 1980’s, which makes his age of 17 hard to remember. More editing could do the book well.
A hint of Islamophobia pervades the story, and a general aire of ignorance to the fact the protagonist can survive in the wilderness yet doesn’t know how to treat another person (in this case, a girl) remains throughout. I would have hoped for more character growth from both protagonists.
Bring on book 2!
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