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Have you read Solun's 'Apartment 4D'? I was impressed.

greyleaf

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When you read a book and you find yourself thinking or laughing about it during the day, it must've been a pretty good book. That's how feel about 'Solun's Chronicles: Apartment 4D' - because I'm still laughing about it.

I've read plenty of fantasy-fiction - none of it really so great as to voice an opinion about, or else a mass population had already beaten me to it, but 'Solun's Chronicles: Apartment 4D' has inspired me to actually say something.

First of all, the author's style is very easy to read, and the vocabulary didn't force me to have to pickup a dictionary. I didn't have to re-read anything. But that's far from what makes it a great story.

It's not a very long book (228 pages with a larger than usual font), and yet it contains more story & dialog than books twice its size. To me, that makes it a truly 'modern novel', as the plot is developed swiftly, although effortlessly with everything unfolding quite naturally. Reading this book was more like watching a movie than reading, and the story never let up or failed to surprise. I'm notorious for starting a book and never finishing it, so the fact that I read it in single three hour sitting (and I read one word at a time with coffee breaks included), says a lot.

Unlike so many novels, this story never gave me a chance to 'guess' what would happen next. That's something I prefer in a novel, just as I don't like seeing the 'preview' of a movie I'm about to watch - 'foreshadowing' is usually a waste of words, as far as I'm concerned.

The story starts out in the 'present day' - a guy named Lewis wakes up one morning & his life immediately begins falling apart. To begin with, he loses his job - something many of us can relate to these days - and it only gets worse after that.

But then an entirely different story takes over, and I mean before the first, very short, chapter is even finished! Lewis begins his highly 'unexpected' adventure, which is rather unique – I hate to compare books, but it’s kind of like Harry Potter & Lord of the Rings put together and being narrated by one of the characters – a much more enjoyable book to read for sure! It’s comical and refreshing and a 'feel good' story.

The flying carpet race is a turning point for Lewis - it's really sinking in that 'he ain't in Kansas no mo'. That was a really good chapter.

But the best thing about this story is the ending. This author didn't give me the Kuntz treatment: 'great story right up until the plot suddenly dives & crashes to a pitiful and abrupt end'. The end is a real thing of beauty, and the reason I went to the trouble of reviewing this book.

I read this book on my Kindle. I would very much like to own a hard copy, but I'm afraid it's outrageously expensive. The pages must be made out of gold! You can get the Kindle version here (and it’s cheap): Amazon.com: Solun's Chronicles: Apartment 4D eBook: Solun: Kindle Store
 
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