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When Reality Cracks: Caution: Not To Be Believed
Something is happening all over the world; something is happening to humanity. People are getting strange feelings while driving on the freeway, there are reports of people moving things with their mind, and there are increasing sightings of ... monsters. The Crack approaches.A software engineer in Seattle experiments with a secret power. The Nelsons grapple with the weird in the office and on the school bus. The elderly Bonners deal with horror and housekeeping in rural Illinois, and an inmate at Westvale Penitentiary finds that fear and power never goes out of This book is a work of fiction. It is not to be believed.
232 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2021
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September 11, 2021
Strange happenings manifest into a world-altering reality in When Reality Cracks by Michael Dryden.
Take the theory of The Secret, where you put positive thoughts of wants and desires out into the world, and they come back to you. The power of thinking and positivity is powerful, it's intoxicating, and many say it works. Michael Dryden has taken something along that concept and morphed it into an apocalyptic event in his novel When Reality Cracks.
The story follows several protagonists, and perhaps one antagonist, who are all dealing with the surge of strange feelings and abilities. Keith, a Seattle tech geek, learns early on that he can move things with his mind. Jacob, a dangerous inmate in a prison at risk of going to the dogs. Corey, a kid who gets bullied and hates his bus rides. Tom and Judy, an older couple used to slow living and life on the farm who can suddenly cook Michelin star meals.
All of the characters, even the megalomaniac Jacob, have well scripted and realistic character arcs. Some are more interesting than others. Corey's story becomes a treat to read. Keith has a wide-sweeping turn toward heroism. Tom and Judy somehow maintain their down-home good ol' fashioned sweetness amid chaos, making their chapters kind of cozy to read.
The novel may be a tad too long. It does drag in parts as if trying to build tension and mystery behind the events about to unfold. Unfortunately, it doesn't truly work, leaving a reader skimming through to get back to the meatier bits of the story. Maybe it could have done with some cut edits, but When Reality Cracks is a strange and rare story. It's exciting and thought-provoking, an entirely unique spin on an apocalyptic event on humankind.
Michael Dryden has created a fun twist to world-ending event stories, bringing to mind alternate realities more like Mad Max than The Day After Tomorrow.
Take the theory of The Secret, where you put positive thoughts of wants and desires out into the world, and they come back to you. The power of thinking and positivity is powerful, it's intoxicating, and many say it works. Michael Dryden has taken something along that concept and morphed it into an apocalyptic event in his novel When Reality Cracks.
The story follows several protagonists, and perhaps one antagonist, who are all dealing with the surge of strange feelings and abilities. Keith, a Seattle tech geek, learns early on that he can move things with his mind. Jacob, a dangerous inmate in a prison at risk of going to the dogs. Corey, a kid who gets bullied and hates his bus rides. Tom and Judy, an older couple used to slow living and life on the farm who can suddenly cook Michelin star meals.
All of the characters, even the megalomaniac Jacob, have well scripted and realistic character arcs. Some are more interesting than others. Corey's story becomes a treat to read. Keith has a wide-sweeping turn toward heroism. Tom and Judy somehow maintain their down-home good ol' fashioned sweetness amid chaos, making their chapters kind of cozy to read.
The novel may be a tad too long. It does drag in parts as if trying to build tension and mystery behind the events about to unfold. Unfortunately, it doesn't truly work, leaving a reader skimming through to get back to the meatier bits of the story. Maybe it could have done with some cut edits, but When Reality Cracks is a strange and rare story. It's exciting and thought-provoking, an entirely unique spin on an apocalyptic event on humankind.
Michael Dryden has created a fun twist to world-ending event stories, bringing to mind alternate realities more like Mad Max than The Day After Tomorrow.
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