Freak City Dragon City Book Two of Four 2 eBook Tom Lichtenberg
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It’s hard to control your destiny while you’re waiting for the bus. The trouble for Argus Kirkham began when a stranger pushed his way through a crowd at a bus stop and pressed a package into his hands. Inside the package were various random items – photos and toys and newspaper clippings. None of it seemed to make any sense, but as Argus and his friends unraveled the clues, very strange things began to occur in this novel of mystery and ghosts.
Freak City Dragon City Book Two of Four 2 eBook Tom Lichtenberg
The first book in this series is "Snapdragon Alley". This is the second, followed by "Dragon Town" and then "Happy Slumbers". You don't have to read the books in order, but you'll get a lot more out of them if you do.In the first book Alex and Sapphire, with Alex's tag-along younger brother Argus, explore Snapdragon Alley. This second book is focused entirely on Argus. (Book Three goes back to Alex and Sapphire.) If you don't know what happened in Book One you are going to have a lot of trouble figuring out what Argus' problem is through most of Book Two. Instead of Argus coming across here as the troubled and shell-shocked hero we fondly remember from Book One, he's just going to be just a rather annoying mope. That's not a recipe for a fun read. In the same vein, lots of little clues and references that come up in Book Two as we follow clues and solve puzzles won't mean anything to you if you haven't read Book One.
Since they are all free and are all good fun, might as well grab them all.
I thought Book One was tighter, moodier, and crisper than this book, which wanders around a bit and needs to be jolted with some plot advancing monologuing every now and then. The plotting and the narrative can be a bit bumpy, and the author sometimes drifts between sharply drafted passages and other rougher and more casual bits. But, when it's good it's very, very good, and otherwise it's still good enough. And, as before, Lichtenberg displays a willingness to let his characters wander into discussions and observations that have no immediate bearing on the story, but are still sharp and interesting. Sometimes he just tosses in characters that are completely beside the point, but still worth your attention. That might get old in a longer and more complex book, but here it works in a slightly anarchic but engaging way.
So, at the least this hits the big three - what's going to happen next?, where is this ultimately going?, and "Wow, that was a nifty line". If you can have all of that it seems to me you're doing pretty well. (Please note that I found this book a while ago while browsing Amazon Kindle freebies. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
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Freak City Dragon City Book Two of Four 2 eBook Tom Lichtenberg Reviews
Even though I did not read all four, and read out of order (the ones I did) that does not hamper the stories overall. Yes, series type are best read in order. However, even though parts of series and more could be related for knowing previous - I still believe the stories I have read in this series can stand alone. Which I prefer as I hate to be beholden to reading serial type works. Good show that as (seeming these days) I run into many that really require all be read and in order.
In this one we find Argus a college graduate, a loner who comes into a mysterious package thrust on him at busstop. The tale unfolds as Argus and his co -worker and roommates try to figure out what the package contents mean and why/how related to Argus. Again, this author shows creative abilities with his premise and the pieces that seem random - but ultimately tie together. This one is related to a supernatural place and supernatural events. As is the other one I read (likely all four are). The supernatural bits are not overdone or "hokey " to this reader and while it seems to jump around a bit - I believe this is due to various people working their part of the puzzle and author intent versus just jumping around without cohesive plot planned.
I really enjoy reading this author's work. I just find the numerous grammar and punctuation errors distracting and reduced the rating one star for such. As the errors are quite numerous.
Regardless of errors, many will enjoy this read if they like the genre.
Christine
This is the sequel to Snapdragon Alley, taking place about 18 years after the events of the first book. Freak City is a much darker story than the first, and the characters have less charm. I thought that Argus-as-a-child (from the 1st book) had great potential, but it would seem that he did not live up to it - though there are hints at the very end that things may change.
The storyline was good, and the puzzle that Argus set out to solve was intriguing, but I also get the feeling that the author may have lost his grip on the story somewhat. I won't provide spoilers, but there was one comment made at the beginning of the story that was never mentioned again - and to me, it seemed that that was the crux of the whole story. I kept waiting for Argus to put two and two together and remember that comment, but it never happened. Instead the characters danced around that issue without it ever coming to the fore (where I think it belonged). This is supposed to be Book 2 of a trilogy, so perhaps the author intended it to 'lead up to' the finale in the 3rd book.
All in all, a good little book (very short, probably novella length) with an interesting cast of characters. It's definitely Number Two in a series, so readers should start with Snapdragon Alley in order to pick up the background.
Note on formatting Perfect, or nearly so. I did not note any issues that impacted readability.
The first book in this series is "Snapdragon Alley". This is the second, followed by "Dragon Town" and then "Happy Slumbers". You don't have to read the books in order, but you'll get a lot more out of them if you do.
In the first book Alex and Sapphire, with Alex's tag-along younger brother Argus, explore Snapdragon Alley. This second book is focused entirely on Argus. (Book Three goes back to Alex and Sapphire.) If you don't know what happened in Book One you are going to have a lot of trouble figuring out what Argus' problem is through most of Book Two. Instead of Argus coming across here as the troubled and shell-shocked hero we fondly remember from Book One, he's just going to be just a rather annoying mope. That's not a recipe for a fun read. In the same vein, lots of little clues and references that come up in Book Two as we follow clues and solve puzzles won't mean anything to you if you haven't read Book One.
Since they are all free and are all good fun, might as well grab them all.
I thought Book One was tighter, moodier, and crisper than this book, which wanders around a bit and needs to be jolted with some plot advancing monologuing every now and then. The plotting and the narrative can be a bit bumpy, and the author sometimes drifts between sharply drafted passages and other rougher and more casual bits. But, when it's good it's very, very good, and otherwise it's still good enough. And, as before, Lichtenberg displays a willingness to let his characters wander into discussions and observations that have no immediate bearing on the story, but are still sharp and interesting. Sometimes he just tosses in characters that are completely beside the point, but still worth your attention. That might get old in a longer and more complex book, but here it works in a slightly anarchic but engaging way.
So, at the least this hits the big three - what's going to happen next?, where is this ultimately going?, and "Wow, that was a nifty line". If you can have all of that it seems to me you're doing pretty well. (Please note that I found this book a while ago while browsing freebies. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
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