Welcome adventurers and book worms! I am just posting this to talk about this new blog that I have just made. To keep this introduction short, I am just going to give a brief explanation of what this blog is. This is a new blog that I have decided to dedicated to giving detailed reviews/opinions on books that I have read recently. My goal is to review one book every month, with progressive posts reviewing one book every month. These reviews will be giving my opinions on that section of the book, my connections to the media and other things, and a critical review of those segments of the book. So, to start of this blog, I am going to review chapters 1-4 of 'Tunnels' by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams! Hope you enjoy...
Tunnels - Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
(Part 1/10)
So, from just reading the first 4 chapters in this book, I can already make some quick guesses on how the story is going to go. This story is already a downer; I'm not saying it's bad novel so far (that is to be decided later), it's just so unbelievably depressing. There is not a single likeable character in the entire story (apart from one, who I will talk about later).
This story revolves around a dysfunctional family, an introverted father who only cares about becoming famous, a mother obsessed with television who barely talks to anyone and does nothing in the house, a sister who bears all the weight of the families day-to-day jobs, and then you have Will. Will is our main character in this story; he is very much so like his father. His only real personality traits so far that show are how he is obsessed with impressing his dead and discovering ancient history. So, like his father, he goes on expeditions; he digs pits into the ground, excavation sites. Then you have the one likeable character in the story, Chester. Chester is wills new found best friend. He seems to be pretty nice so far into the store, but we haven't had much development from him.
So far, not much at all has happened in the story. It has just been basic character development and establishment of the small unnamed English countryside town that they live in. So far all we have really learned of is the main characters connection with his father (their love for Archaeology) and the fact that Will was brutally bullied until Chester stood up for him. So, the story has been pretty depressing so far, as their have been no glimpses of hapiness or humour throughout the first few chapters. I would possibly enjoy at least a occasional happy moment, but I can't judge it harshly for this as it is only the first few chapters.
'Till Next Time, Adventurers!
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