Review: Well done. An enjoyable book once I settled into it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
It took awhile for me to settle in to the different approach this book has but once I caught on, I liked it. I don’t read much poetry but these poems are straightforward and make more sense to me than the rambling and sometimes disjointed prose. I read this book straight through, enjoying the relaxed style. I usually delete books off my Kindle after reading them but I think I will keep this one around to return to occasionally when I want a quick read.At times this book makes me laugh. It’s what you might write down on a notepad on a Friday night after your second glass of wine, that space and time when everything seems clear to you, when the universe makes sense.As other reviews have commented, The Candletick was the best of the short stories, a Wizard of Oz type dream. I also liked Repentence.The stories run one after the other with no breaks other than the author’s explanation of his writing so it was a bit disconcerting at first. (at least in the Kindle version) Once I flipped pages back and forth a few times, I got used to the format. The poems and some of the prose have a lyrical, singsongy quality that is easy to read.I look forward to reading more from Jason Akley.