The Object Book One Winston Emerson 9781477635087 Books
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On 2nd Street and South Brooks, a young girl named Lillia finds herself being followed home from school by a drunk college student. Across town, a homeless man named Sherman sips whiskey and begs for change. Two people whose lives converge when the sky goes dark. Set in Louisville, Kentucky, The Object follows a cast of characters from all walks of life as they deal with the chaos, heartbreak, and insanity caused by the sudden appearance of . . . something . . . in the sky. What is the object? You’ll have to start reading to find out. The Object began as a free serial novel. In May 2013, the serialization of Book Two will begin. Visit www.whatistheobject.com for more information.
The Object Book One Winston Emerson 9781477635087 Books
The Object: Book One (Object Series) by Winston EmersonI really enjoyed this novel although I'm not that attached the the horror mayhem type of stories like this. This draws some similarities to H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, which again is a good novel just not my favorite. This novel takes place in Louisville instead of England and also has some similarities to the novel series The Beginning of the End by Michael Edward.
Winston Emerson creates some strong and believable characters and the writing is similar to that high literary style where the characters are drawn out well with all the flaws and foibles attached. We could have used a better balance of characters to offset the horror that was soon to ensue. There are several characters that stand out as potential for the reader to sympathize with, but a majority are pretty flawed and broken and though there might be opportunities to draw sympathy most of those characters become repulsive. There are a few of the gritty that redeem themselves, but in this type of fiction many of these characters die just as or just before you get to really know them.
There's a sense of plot somewhere in the background but because this has been published in the manner that it has been written within a blog-sphere the plot is mostly hanging rather loosely and this would be best read in its entirety, which at the moment is going to be difficult because not much more has been written and published yet.
I would give this five stars, but there are road-bumps that I couldn't get past. There are two characters that I would chose as the outstanding protagonists and they would be Lillia and Hayden. But those two characters take a dramatic turn in their life that may or may not have changed them entirely into unknown and unknowable characters. Because things are left pretty much hanging as in not explained and these are the two characters a reader might hang onto it becomes a sticky point among several sticky points.
The next sticky point is the mystery about the object. From front to back the reader doesn't get much of an advance in understanding to the tune that it's still not certain whether it has good or bad or indifference in its intent.
The next sticky point is the invasion of the body snatchers nature that the story is taking and the fact that it has the appearance that there is a contest or animosity between the snatched and it's difficult to tell if this is a side effect to the personality of the abducted body or if there are two different types of aliens or if in fact it's some sort of game or field exercise.
Once again as with this type of novel; the many well drawn characters are slowly being killed off as they meet together for some unknown purpose. It would almost seem at this point that most of the deaths are not directly perpetrated by the aliens unless we count in the panic and fear much the same as was caused by the Orson Wells radio broadcast. (Again many similarities here.)
This is a good story for the gritty characterizations and the portrayal of people caught in specific self destructive social structures within the big city. It has a good number of shock factors built into the narrative.
I think it would be best served whole though rather than piecemeal with the cliffhanger. Perhaps as the series plays out all of the mysteries that are brought before the reader will be answered eventually.
Of course the way that it is played out here might well be correct for the Genre it is trying to target.
J.L. Dobias
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The Object Book One Winston Emerson 9781477635087 Books Reviews
This book is the Ufo over the city story. It has a good story line and characters you can relate to and others that you cant wait to die. My only complain is that it jumps between different people in different places a lot before you really get the gist of what's going on and who is involved but that gets better as the book goes on. I will read the next book to the series, i am curious as to what will happen to everyone and am fascinated at the new abilities the characters have. Definitely worth the free read.
Pros
---Great use of setting serving the story.
---Typos, grammatical errors and the such are next to non-existent.
---Characters are well developed people who don't come off as simply serving a plot direction.
---Excellent, excellent use of the unexpected.
---Human drama takes a level of importance that most sci-fi/fantasy lacks. (I'm a huge fan of Game of Thrones due ---to this reason as well.)
Cons
---Personally, a certain character or two felt weak. (This was thankfully mediated later in the book though.)
---Wanted it to be longer.
When reading The Object, you may notice that it feels very grounded in a believable world. This is because every street, building and local piece of history brought forth are accurate. The author does his research, very Anne Rice feel. Not only that, but the characters seem to be characters and not just receptacles for plot events; the events happen because of who the characters are.
The second thing you may notice when you read The Object is that the author's sense of pacing is excellent. But perhaps the part I enjoyed the most was how the author managed to pull the various strings of story together. I was a huge fan of JJ Abrams' Lost, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead etc, and I love them for how they can keep a big cast of characters and pay attention to them all, and at various times have them bounce off one another. That's what this author has done with the story here.
The last thing you may notice when you read The Object is that you can't wait for the next episode. Talk about gripping. The guy really knows how to get you to the next page...then the next...until the very, very interesting ending.
Bravo chap, all around. Looking forward to Book Two.
The concept of this story has lots of potential, so I will reserve final judgment for when the next installment is released. Since this was a freebie on the day I purchased it, I didn't have high hopes. It was a very entertaining read, but sketchy character development and lack of descriptive details gave it more of a rough draft feel... more like an outline of an unfinished novel. I don't think that many of the paragraphs were more than a few sentences long, so the pacing felt rushed and incomplete. By the end of Book One, I still had no clue of the intent of the invasion, so that was frustrating. However, I must temper these criticisms by emphasizing that -- despite a few warts -- I did enjoy reading it.
Finally, I want to mention some technical notes (and pet peeves) on the standards of publishing and typography that are ignored in many independent e-book releases, which definitely apply to this one. This book's formatting falls short for not following modern formatting conventions, which make it look like it was written on an old typewriter. Firstly, using 2 spaces instead of a single space after a period is considered VERY old-fashioned. Secondly, using ugly vertical inch marks instead of "smart" quotes (which look like “ not ") is a throwback to pre-PC days. This may seem trivial, but these are the marks of any professional publication.
(Yes, I am a long-time pro in the publishing biz, so don't argue about preferred standards with me. And YES, I do know that I didn't use smart quotes in this review; it's too much of a PITA to format each instance manually from my .)
The Object Book One (Object Series) by Winston Emerson
I really enjoyed this novel although I'm not that attached the the horror mayhem type of stories like this. This draws some similarities to H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, which again is a good novel just not my favorite. This novel takes place in Louisville instead of England and also has some similarities to the novel series The Beginning of the End by Michael Edward.
Winston Emerson creates some strong and believable characters and the writing is similar to that high literary style where the characters are drawn out well with all the flaws and foibles attached. We could have used a better balance of characters to offset the horror that was soon to ensue. There are several characters that stand out as potential for the reader to sympathize with, but a majority are pretty flawed and broken and though there might be opportunities to draw sympathy most of those characters become repulsive. There are a few of the gritty that redeem themselves, but in this type of fiction many of these characters die just as or just before you get to really know them.
There's a sense of plot somewhere in the background but because this has been published in the manner that it has been written within a blog-sphere the plot is mostly hanging rather loosely and this would be best read in its entirety, which at the moment is going to be difficult because not much more has been written and published yet.
I would give this five stars, but there are road-bumps that I couldn't get past. There are two characters that I would chose as the outstanding protagonists and they would be Lillia and Hayden. But those two characters take a dramatic turn in their life that may or may not have changed them entirely into unknown and unknowable characters. Because things are left pretty much hanging as in not explained and these are the two characters a reader might hang onto it becomes a sticky point among several sticky points.
The next sticky point is the mystery about the object. From front to back the reader doesn't get much of an advance in understanding to the tune that it's still not certain whether it has good or bad or indifference in its intent.
The next sticky point is the invasion of the body snatchers nature that the story is taking and the fact that it has the appearance that there is a contest or animosity between the snatched and it's difficult to tell if this is a side effect to the personality of the abducted body or if there are two different types of aliens or if in fact it's some sort of game or field exercise.
Once again as with this type of novel; the many well drawn characters are slowly being killed off as they meet together for some unknown purpose. It would almost seem at this point that most of the deaths are not directly perpetrated by the aliens unless we count in the panic and fear much the same as was caused by the Orson Wells radio broadcast. (Again many similarities here.)
This is a good story for the gritty characterizations and the portrayal of people caught in specific self destructive social structures within the big city. It has a good number of shock factors built into the narrative.
I think it would be best served whole though rather than piecemeal with the cliffhanger. Perhaps as the series plays out all of the mysteries that are brought before the reader will be answered eventually.
Of course the way that it is played out here might well be correct for the Genre it is trying to target.
J.L. Dobias
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