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Big Noise

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A tale that walks the fine line between survival and madness through solitude...

Young author J.P. Biddlecome tells a story through the eyes of sole character and teen 'Mark Poe' in what reads like a diary style account of exploration. It pulls you in quickly and then comes the realisation that he's lost. 'Mark' has been turned around in the Oregon forest and so survival along with trying to keep things together becomes the priority.


The setting is wonderfully described and literally feels as if its closing in. This is written by someone who knows the setting well and so combining that with the urgency to survive comes the real story. From the need to build a fire to quickly diminishing food rations, staying warm and even Coyotes, our narrator faces many different challenges that all centre around survival and in the end he see's it as a sort of game.


This solitary feeling coupled with a slow burn madness 'Mark' experiences makes for a readable and mostly enjoyable read. There are some moments where the narration style comes across as repetitive; 'I did this' and 'I did that' and similar phrases do appear often and this is something that could have been executed with a little more variety. Being able to show a reader as opposed to telling them is limited in this setting because of the solitary feeling but still it kept my attention throughout and made for an interesting read. For those who enjoy a shorter reads about survival in a wonderfully described setting will find this book well worth a look.




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Indie author and book blogger from the UK who works in cutting edge science by day and writes by night. I know the struggle that is indie publishing so my efforts focus on spotlighting fellow authors and contributing to the writing community. I prefer books with a wordcount up to 90k or less

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