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Attempting to flee the capital on a day dominated by the threat of terrorism, one woman discovers that the real source of her fears might be closer to home.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I have to be honest and say this book isn't really what I was expecting. But actually, in some ways, it was better than I was expecting. It's fair to say it's a short work, shorter than a novella, but it's written in an intense manner which works really well.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Incredible Description of the Mind
28 Dec 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
When this story was suggested to me, it was described as a story about terrorism. But what I found was that this was much more than a typical terrorist plot storyline. What the author did, and did extremely well, was take the reader into the mind of a woman traveling by train shortly after a terrorist attack. As you read this story, you get drawn into her fears, her anxiety; all the effects that the prior attack had on her psyche. The story is told with expert description and the reader actually feels pulled in to this woman's very thoughts and feelings.
Feed the Enemy is perfect for a quick read. It is easy to get through in one sitting, though when finished, I guarantee you will find yourself begging for more.
Feed the Enemy is perfect for a quick read. It is easy to get through in one sitting, though when finished, I guarantee you will find yourself begging for more.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Big Brother is watching
12 Feb 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I came across this review for, Feed the Enemy, by Don Chance and thought it did a great job summing up the feel of this great story:
"Terrorism is a fact of life in today's world. Why? Every terrorist has a different reason, and those reasons never seem to justify the death, suffering and sorrow terrorism causes.
In "Feed The Enemy," author James Everington explores one woman's acute emotional distress in trying to come to terms not only with today's reality of brutally random terrorism, but her distant husband's government role in keeping potential terrorist acts on the front pages.
We never know her name, but she and her husband, Leo, are leaving London, bound for a train station where she can get transportation north to stay with his mother and safely away from large population centers. She has turned to drugs to control her frayed nerves, and Leo is only too happy to hand over all the pills she asks for.
Her anxiety steadily growing despite the medication, she is almost hysterical when they finally get to the train station - which is packed with travelers apparently unconcerned about the terrorism threats screaming at them from the newspaper headlines nearby.
As the stifling hot waiting room seems to close in on her, her apprehension builds and builds until...
Sorry. Any more would be telling.
"Feed The Enemy" is a quick and intense read, and author James Everington ratchets up the tension so skillfully that - as with a highway accident, or terrorist act - it's almost impossible to look away."
"Terrorism is a fact of life in today's world. Why? Every terrorist has a different reason, and those reasons never seem to justify the death, suffering and sorrow terrorism causes.
In "Feed The Enemy," author James Everington explores one woman's acute emotional distress in trying to come to terms not only with today's reality of brutally random terrorism, but her distant husband's government role in keeping potential terrorist acts on the front pages.
We never know her name, but she and her husband, Leo, are leaving London, bound for a train station where she can get transportation north to stay with his mother and safely away from large population centers. She has turned to drugs to control her frayed nerves, and Leo is only too happy to hand over all the pills she asks for.
Her anxiety steadily growing despite the medication, she is almost hysterical when they finally get to the train station - which is packed with travelers apparently unconcerned about the terrorism threats screaming at them from the newspaper headlines nearby.
As the stifling hot waiting room seems to close in on her, her apprehension builds and builds until...
Sorry. Any more would be telling.
"Feed The Enemy" is a quick and intense read, and author James Everington ratchets up the tension so skillfully that - as with a highway accident, or terrorist act - it's almost impossible to look away."
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Interesting Short Read
12 Jan 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I have to be honest and say this book isn't really what I was expecting. But actually, in some ways, it was better than I was expecting. It's fair to say it's a short work, shorter than a novella, but it's written in an intense manner which works really well.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
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