Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Growth Book Review

Growth: a novel

By Troy S. Gamble


Family, house, job - everything went to the dogs when a student girlfriend convinced Peter Copeland, an ageing insurance case reviewer, that he, in his very late forties, still had a chance to become someone else, namely a great poet. 


Three years later Peter is alone, penniless, paralysed with anguish and apathy and bombarded with unpaid bills and eviction notes. Against all odds he continues with his pursuits and very soon, to his complete surprise, finds himself on the other side of his life among people bizarre, dazzling and dangerous, in the middle of a huge financial turmoil which threatens the very foundations of the modern economy. 

This book is cross-genre literary fiction addressing various aspects of growth: personal growth which, sometimes, makes people strangers to themselves, economic growth which threatens to turn our world into an illusion, and the struggles of growing together or apart. It is a story of personal fall and rise, full of peculiar, captivating characters and ultimately a tale of personal survival and search of reality in the world abound with illusions and fake.
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF Growth***

Peter is on a downward spiral. After being married many years, and with two kids, he meets Liz, who is barely half his age. Liz convinces him to leave it all behind, live with her and become a poet. Three years later, he’s still no poet, Liz leaves, and Peter hits rock bottom. But as fate intervenes, Peter’s life is about to change.


This was a hard plot to follow. The author’s writing style was unique in that at times, you didn’t know which characters were grouped and talking until later in the conversation, like the chapter where the characters’ conversations were heralded by their Halloween masks, and not their names. This was very confusing. It took a while to finally get the gist of the storyline, and be able to follow it to conclusion. I was repulsed by some parts, and intrigued by others. This is one of those stories that leaves you wondering, “what did I just read?” 

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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.


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