The Last Three edition by Almon ChunSan Chu Alina Kli Literature Fiction eBooks
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Jon has bet everything on his love for Eris; it is a bet that he cannot afford to lose.
A descent down the path of self-destruction, does salvation lie around the corner or is it merely an illusion? The Last Three is a captivating story of a lost soul on the streets of a modern dystopia.
The Last Three edition by Almon ChunSan Chu Alina Kli Literature Fiction eBooks
This novella is probably one of the best I have ever read. Usually, with novellas and short stories (even the best ones), I feel that the author has tried to rush the story and get everything important in it that they wanted to say while still maintaining the short story/novella requirements. The Last Three, however, is written in such a way that everything important is revealed when it is meant to be and I felt that there was no sense of rush about this book.Another thing that I loved about this book was the fact that the setting, the city, felt like a character itself. The way that Almon Chu describes its filth and the grunginess of it really makes it stand out as a dynamic and memorable setting. This also gives life to the city, really a life of its own. I also really liked the characters in general, especially the main character, Jon. Jon really brings out the realness of the book and is really an identifiable character. The reader can see themselves in Jon's place and that also helps to make the book seem more real than it already does. The plot is just amazing in the sense that I could really see the events of this novella actually taking place, rather than just thinking about it as some kind of fictional Dystopia. That has to be my utmost favorite aspect of this book.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. It is a book for the ages, much like The Iron Heel was in 1908, Brave New World was in 1932, and We was in 1921. And, it is a book written extremely well. Almon Chu is a brilliant writer and I cannot wait for him to publish something else.
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The Last Three edition by Almon ChunSan Chu Alina Kli Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book hits you like a subway train. It starts abruptly, descends into the dark tunnel that is Jon's life and leaves you stranded.
Jon is a victim of the city - the smoky, gritty, seedy-eyed mass of trash and wealth, immigrants and criminals. He leads a solitary life after his high-school sweetheart, Eris, heads off to pursue a college degree. Deeply committed, Jon pays for all her expenses, working a dishonest job and living off white rice and cigarettes. He keeps a knife in his pocket and fights the itch in his brain - that little voice who keeps telling him something is wrong.
Jon struggles to maintain hope in his malnourished, lonesome life. There is a photo of Eris is taped to his bedroom wall. He saves a little from every paycheck to one day quit his job, leave his circle of mediocre friends, and move far away from the city that is licking its lips, ready to swallow him whole. His dreams become compromised when the city suddenly begins to interfere with Jon's plans.
The city is a malicious character in The Last Three, which grows and spreads like fungus. It thrives off the misdoings of street thugs, the crowd of numb subway commuters, the peddlers, salesmen and runaways. Chu writes with such microscopic detail, presenting amazing descriptive passages that invade all five senses. How else would you describe a hole-in-the-wall sushi bar on the outskirts of Chinatown?
"A brightly lit restaurant illuminated the dim alley-way and all its blemishes broken shards of glass and plastic, pools of black water, forgotten garbage heaps and the occasional forgotten person. `Open' a neon sign flashed repetitively. Streaks and oily finger prints marred the restaurant windows. The restaurant's plastic strip sign appeared to have been smashed by several bricks, though the sign's light was still lit. Nothing remained of the restaurant's name, though the very end of the sign was still intact. "ushi" it read." -- Almon Chu
The Last Three reminds me of a modern day Edgar Allen Poe novella. It is a beautifully grungy tale of loss, betrayal, failed romance and utter defeat. Chu takes you into Jon's world and peels back the tattered curtains. Reading his work was like inhaling a healthy dose of Dictionary soup. I loved the words, metaphors, interrupted dialogue, police sirens, cell phone blares, run-on sentences and one word sentences. It was visual food, a genuine piece worth reading.
With these reviews, I thought that I would find a great story. Instead I found great writing (hence the two stars I gave) but no story that I could discern. It felt as if the author wanted to write a story, tried to write a story, and started some interesting narrative threads...but kept getting lost in description.
I will say that the author does a good job of creating a sense of place. I could easily see the protagonist's surroundings. The author also did a great job of conveying our hero's mood - at least until he spoke. I'm by no means a prude, but by the time I was a quarter of the way through the book, I wished for someone to teach him another word besides F***. If there's a point, by all means, use the word. There was no point that I can see - it didn't create a mood, it didn't shock, it didn't do anything but fill up Every. Conversation. In. The. Book.
Maybe I'm not this author's target group, because I'm a little beyond teenager angst, but I'm pretty sure my teenager wouldn't finish this book, either. I didn't care about the hero, didn't care about his missing girlfriend, and didn't care for the confusing and disjointed flashbacks(I think they were flashbacks). This book may have ended up being a great story, but the first half, at least, wasn't worth my time.
This is a phenomenal read. It takes the reader through an emotional roller coaster, from blissful, happy highs to dark, almost evil, lows. We ride the wave of the narrators life as it twists and turns, described with such great detail that it's almost like you're physically there, watching the plot unfold. The author does a fantastic job of keeping the plot tight throughout the book, and feeding you breadcrumbs to guide you along the way to a climactic feast.
It's no wonder how the pages seem to turn themselves.
I can only hope that there's a sequel!
This novella is probably one of the best I have ever read. Usually, with novellas and short stories (even the best ones), I feel that the author has tried to rush the story and get everything important in it that they wanted to say while still maintaining the short story/novella requirements. The Last Three, however, is written in such a way that everything important is revealed when it is meant to be and I felt that there was no sense of rush about this book.
Another thing that I loved about this book was the fact that the setting, the city, felt like a character itself. The way that Almon Chu describes its filth and the grunginess of it really makes it stand out as a dynamic and memorable setting. This also gives life to the city, really a life of its own. I also really liked the characters in general, especially the main character, Jon. Jon really brings out the realness of the book and is really an identifiable character. The reader can see themselves in Jon's place and that also helps to make the book seem more real than it already does. The plot is just amazing in the sense that I could really see the events of this novella actually taking place, rather than just thinking about it as some kind of fictional Dystopia. That has to be my utmost favorite aspect of this book.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. It is a book for the ages, much like The Iron Heel was in 1908, Brave New World was in 1932, and We was in 1921. And, it is a book written extremely well. Almon Chu is a brilliant writer and I cannot wait for him to publish something else.
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