Review: John Bunyan meet Tim Burton
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2011
The title for this review is fitting for both the substance and style of Mike Duran's venture that defies being pigeon holed to one genre. Eunice's surreal adventure of discovery as led by Joseph her guide is mindful of what John Bunyan might have done with Pilgrim's Progress if he lived today and Tim Burton offered to write the screenplay. I say this as an utmost compliment. Triggered by an automobile accident, Eunice finds herself in a fantastic journey into what she believes to be the comatose landscape of her mother's mind. She is joined by a sniveling slug of a fellow by the name of Mordant, a young girl named Sybil, and nose-in-the-air Reverend Ash. All along the way her companions do everything they can to deter her from reaching her goal.The writing is crisp and never apologizes for the sheer weirdness of the story. In many ways it reminds me of the style of Marc Schooley's Konig's Fire. I will admit that Mordant's dialogue and character got on my nerves at times but I suspect the author intended it that way. The use of adverbs got a bit heavy but that is probably more a matter of taste on my part than anything. Beyond that, this is an excellent example of why eBooks are so important. Novellas don't have much of a home anywhere else. But for less than $2.00 you get a ripping good story that could easily make any rainy afternoon worth staying home.