Stephanie Jane recenzis A Trip Down Reality Lane de Ian Thomas Malone
A humorous coming of age story
3 steloj
Indie author Ian Thomas Malone befriended me on Goodreads and was kind enough to let me know of a limited time opportunity to download her book, A Trip Down Reality Lane, for free from Amazon (sorry, the promo has finished now). Its synopsis of a trio of college students visiting a major art museum whilst tripping on LSD struck me as potentially funny and certainly a lot lighter than much of my To Be Read list right now!
There is a lot of humour in A Trip Down Reality Lane, both intentionally witty in the boys' conversation and accidentally so through their bumbling. All three come across as genuine people and their interactions are easily believable. I enjoyed the descriptions of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and would now love to visit it myself. The intense perceptions of certain exhibits are bizarre and intriguing! Hopefully it would be almost …
Indie author Ian Thomas Malone befriended me on Goodreads and was kind enough to let me know of a limited time opportunity to download her book, A Trip Down Reality Lane, for free from Amazon (sorry, the promo has finished now). Its synopsis of a trio of college students visiting a major art museum whilst tripping on LSD struck me as potentially funny and certainly a lot lighter than much of my To Be Read list right now!
There is a lot of humour in A Trip Down Reality Lane, both intentionally witty in the boys' conversation and accidentally so through their bumbling. All three come across as genuine people and their interactions are easily believable. I enjoyed the descriptions of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and would now love to visit it myself. The intense perceptions of certain exhibits are bizarre and intriguing! Hopefully it would be almost as fascinating when viewed straight? The claustrophobic cinema setting is also well portrayed and I liked the fun idea of the trio making major life discoveries from The Lion King.
I could have done with less wordy analysis throughout the story as the introspection was often repetitive. Perhaps this is an important feature of tripping, but from a reader's point of view it slowed the book's pace too much and distracted my attention from the narrative. Post-trip, I felt the story lost focus as many mundane actions and conversations were included unnecessarily. An example would be the lifeguard conversation which could have been condensed to just a few words. All in all though, A Trip Down Reality Lane is a fun novella and an interesting take on the 'coming of age' story.