4.75 Stars � An elegantly crafted book of prose that glides along like a poetic zephyr, Dropbear is captivating and inspiring without in any way being4.75 Stars � An elegantly crafted book of prose that glides along like a poetic zephyr, Dropbear is captivating and inspiring without in any way being a novel that’s caught up in being merely verse or preaching social commentary on any particular agenda. It is just a sublimely written piece of literature that holds the readers full attention one sentence at a time.
I was not expecting to be as enthusiastic about turning these pages, I figured it’d be a nice classy read that needed to go taken in the context of knowing that it’s more of a conscious flow of words and shape, than anything else.
But it most certainly isn’t, it’s breathtaking and beautiful. It’s unashamedly Australian and I can’t push a strong enough recommendation for anyone whom enjoys lyrically insecure prose that can be hypnotic as well as create a cogitator-fuelled narrative for any mood....more
5 Stars � This us what we � avid readers � yearn for!!! A compelling, visceral, challenging, thought provoking & all-consuming Literary masterpiece, l5 Stars � This us what we � avid readers � yearn for!!! A compelling, visceral, challenging, thought provoking & all-consuming Literary masterpiece, like ‘Tender is the Flesh�.
Right from the outset, it is abundantly clear that this is not your average bit of modern fiction. Even if you have some idea of the premise, it will challenge you. It will leak into your spine, affront your psyche and force you to stand at attention! There’s no avoiding the red-flashing, blackboard-screeching assault � it’s best just to strap in, relax and go with the blood-curling flow.
Telling the story of a Marcos, who’s a professional human-slaughterer for the local meat-plant (yup), this provocative yet decidedly delicious novel (pun intended) is abhorrent and concurrently addictive thanks to its dystopian setting, whereby a virus has deemed all animals poisonous to humans � ergo � human substitute (or special meat as it’s called, oh dear) is afoot & all things meat are back in force, all the more valuable & vitamin enriched!!!
Told with a perniciously monotone-type narrative, I couldn’t put this down for a single minute, such was it’s appeal and despite its morose nature, the magic of it all is that it rarely if at all felt over the top.
The authors prose is stylish, has magnitude of epic proportions and fits the narrative and pacing like a racing glove. Not for the faint of heart, this cautionary tale of a world that whilst ridiculously far-fetched, all the while feels eery and Omnipresent. Perhaps it is the authors ability to highlight how it is that through language, as humans we can seemingly justify & normalise just about anything. Where this novel excels, is in the daunting, methodical nature in which the author is able to delve straight into the (pardon the pun) meat and potatoes of the narrative.
There’s no elongated, over-explanatory, wordy or detailed introduction that many novels taking on such a heavy, brutal, taboo-laden dystopian world � would be tempted into. Instead we are just plonked into the madness and told ‘this is the way it is now, deal� � and for that I’m extremely grateful. The temerity is refreshing, bold and only hardened by the nonchalance for a lack of solemnity. It is Literature at its best, because the writer isn’t pandering or morally editing. He is just telling the story and disregarding whom might be reading it and how it may impact them.
A monumental feat of literature, this is my top-read of 2022 thus far as it stands.. marvellous!...more
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