Review: Another glimpse into Howey's large arsenal of genres..
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2012
Ok so I figured I might as well re-read the story and re-do my review, one that I hope is clearer about my meaning and hopefully with less grammatical errors or spelling mistakes... Hopefully...If I could give it another half a star, I would...Hugh Howey's "The Walk up Nameless Ridge" is at its core, a survival story about one man's journey to conquer the impossible.The Writing: How it was written from the perspective of actual English.4 Stars...Short Answer: I am dyslexic and this story was hard to readLong Answer: The writing was excellent like always but a little too `literary fiction' for my taste. I had to re-read quite a few bits of it before it sunk in meaning that I almost started to lose interest.The Story Telling: How the story was told from the perspective of imagination.5 Stars...Short Answer: Once again, Hugh painted as a very pretty mental picture.Long Answer: Hugh has a way of painting the world he sees so that everyone else can see it too; it is one of his skills that keep me a huge Hugh Howey fan. I have no complaints on his story telling skills.The Story Told: The Story actually being told from the perspective of personal Interest.1 Star...Short Answer: I don't like Lone Survival Stories about one mans ego...Long Answer: Although told brilliantly, nothing could take away from the fact that I didn't find the story all that interesting. Hugh kept me reading, which, considering the subject was boring to me is another testament to Hugh's skill at story telling.In closing: My final remarks.I would recommend this story to anyone who is a fan of the genre as they should enjoy it, I may have not but that's because it is not my thing.- J.W.JOLD REVIEW: 3 Stars.I know right... 3 stars! Well, I will explain it like this, the story, one of a man's struggle to climb the largest known mountain in his galaxy (Consider this SciFi but with out the Sci...), was well written, well enough written that I read the whole thing...Now it looses two stars not for the authors skills in writing or telling a story (As on both points I was still drawn to read the whole thing even though I don't like the lone survivor style stories) but simply because it was not my style of story and so it looses two stars in my opinion...But you get that...Thanks Hugh!Quick Edit: If you think this is unfair then so be it, it's just my opinion!