You'd think after all that famous beer, a drunken man with a good shot would hang around.Ħ) Batteries in the future never die (see Wentworth's super-tablet.)Ĩ) Who's making/transporting/selling all these cigarettes, cigarillos, and cigars? Barren wastelands tend to require essentials to show existence is possible (food and clean water), but I didn't see any fields of tobacco, despite a lot of smoking.Īll of this could've been solved by a good editor, and a few good conversations before going to print.ġ) Military. With a population of 800 in a post-apocalyptic lawless land, where mercenaries are hired to guard traveling merchants, it seemed odd not to have someone having even basic wild-west justice. This book didn't really teach me about humanity aside from ignorance and ineptitude.ĥ) Blackstock never had a sheriff. Falcon.) I was expecting Kwai Chang Caine with a gun, teaching his student the ways of The Road. I always felt a 3rd party should've been involved (e.g. Raxx was lacking as an interlocutor with Wentworth, and was more of a side character than a second protagonist. There's some interpretation or anecdotes from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (where the protagonist actually picks up the book that he enjoyed reading early on, but never goes into it until much later, let alone telling us what it is.) Raxx's past showcases a large religious upbringing, which proves an invaluable insight to the conflict at Hope but it just goes to show us how bad belief can be. Most of it is practical obvious things about how people are mostly built upon cultural norms. I would say "The Regiment", "The Regiment of Hope", or "The Lone/Wandering Regiment", might be more fitting.Ĥ) Philosophy. The protagonist is well aware of his lot in life, why he needs to leave, and who and what he is. If it's meant to symbolize something, like freedom - or, that is, Wentworth walking away from his past amidst a world of destruction - that doesn't quite fit. There's riding on destroyed roads and highways, but via truck and motorcycle. While some walking does take place, and most of it relevant near the last chapter, this isn't the story of a lone road warrior traversing broken roads. The conversations with Raxx and Wentworth weren't very deep or memorable.ģ) The title. He would've been a good ying to Wentworth's yang. One character from the first conflict - Falcon - is given some attention here and there, but is then simply forgotten. It ultimately just shows that, yes, once again, the world is a desolate wasteland. But for the last few chapters, there's loads of exposition on their 3rd major destination Wentworth's and Raxx's exploration of a broken metropolis' bowels - out of curiosity - seems out of place. Yes, the world is broken, people are broken, people don't care, etc. #As i walk these broken roads originally published full#This knocks off a full 2 stars.Ģ) Focus - and at times, pacing. But, then you have to imagine people saying such words. A lot of these were in dialogue, so it's technically forgivable. I liked the references to Ontario and it's various decimated cities, since I live in Toronto.ġ) Spelling/grammar mistakes. It's a mature, simple, entertaining take on the post-apocalyptic setting.
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