Review: Interesting story of growth and fixing oneself
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
We're led into the story on the rambling, floaty thoughts of, Jackson, a tortured artistic soul who sinks into the comforts provided by drugs. Jackson's loving girlfriend, Terra, tries to stand by him but is turned off by his drug use and negative perception of himself and the world. Their romance hardly has room to expand until he can fix this problem somehow. Enter Julius, an older man that becomes something of a mentor to Jackson after they meet and click.The writing was engaging, and a lot of seemed to be sort of a stream-of-consciousness style, particularly when Jackson was using drugs. Various snippets of his poetry and writings are sandwiched between the chapters, giving us greater insight on how recent events are affecting him. It was interesting to see how Jackson developed, and how he began to look at things differently; the author has a knack for making me feel sympathetic to his plights, and I feel that I can relate to some things he thinks about as well. That said, the book is all about Jackson and a handful of other characters dealing with him. For those who need a more vast, high stakes story this might not be a good read. Some parts did feel boring to me, although overall I enjoyed it for what it was.