Category Archives: LITERATURE

Up to this point in the story, I’ve sort of gotten a feeling of the Three Stooges meet Planet of the Apes.  There has been a dramatic effect–whatever the cause–on the two societies which we are seeing.  Both are mistrustful … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Have gotten through some more of Jamestown in between other demands and what I’m seeing now is rather a clever employment of multiple POV in combination with the characters preparing psychological evaluation of each other via Rorschach testing. What this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One thing about an apocalyptic novel is that you don’t have to understand 1) what happened to cause the disruption of the human race–unless of course the author wants to make a statement about things like war, toxic poisoning of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While Sharpe might have continued on in his pattern of first person pov of Johnny Rolfe and Pocahontas in alternating chapters, he has wisely introduced some new characters viewpoints.  These characters have already been mentioned in the previous chapters so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s some good stuff here, where Sharpe endows Pocahontas with some intriguing ideas: So there I was, spread languidly on the divan (…) minding my own business, and minding the business of the large looking glass on the wall opposite … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Okay, so here is where Sharpe starts to lose me.  The arrow attack didn’t last long.  Newport, our driver, stopped it with an automatic assault rifle. (…) With his single arm he wasn’t too precise with it, but didn’t have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sharpe hasn’t really given us a good view of the environment of the story, either by Johnny Rolfe, riding the bus from New York to Virginia, or from Pocahontas, who has given us merely a cornfield and woods.   But when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m having a problem with the character of Pocahontas.  From a naive teen to a serious-minded protester against government policy is a stretch.  No doubt, the use of ESL can be put as part of the problem, but I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Been emailing back and forth with my soon-to-be 14 year-old niece today, and bacause of Jamestown’s Pocahontas and my previous comment on her immaturity, I’ve compared the two young ladies.  While I can’t find the exact type of language used, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sharpe is good with character, but then, first person pov is very showing of character in how they portray the world.  For example, this was great: He’s a funny man, our family doctor, not funny-laughing but funny-sighing, he’s like a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, as with most apocryphal novels we get an immediate sense of uh-oh, something’s wrong from the opening chapters. We recognize the fact that the world around the characters has changed, though we never find it clear as to what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Been antsy to read this novel by Matthew Sharpe since I read McCarthy’s The Road and it looks like I’ll have the time and head to put into it now. Continue reading →