Review: Jack's Mind? Meet Jack's World.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2012
The chaos of this story, about a young man fresh out of high school and trying to start a life, is all in Jack's mind. It is a funny romp with a great deal of satire and accompanying paranoia. One has to admire the courage of Jack, who refuses to live at home and gets a new job and an apartment with no real clue as to how to live life. He does his best to persevere, however, and that makes for an entertaining story.This is a character piece, and we really have a character in Jack, whose complete lack of life experience seems to haunt him every moment of his waking life, and even decides his dreams are fair game. It is a well written story, with a lot of spunk, but cannot be taken seriously. It is humorous and even silly, leading me to wonder where this is all going in the end, since the author clearly calls this a prequel.I was a trifle disappointed by the abrupt ending, and can only hope the author segues this into the next part of the story. Funny, maybe a bit cynical, perhaps even realistic to some degree, All Jacked Up is an entertaining and quick moving read.