Thimble and Thread by James Agee Jr.
Published by Create Space on August 21st 2013
Genres: Thriller
Pages: 206
Format: ebook
My Rating: 4 Stars
When Joe Thimble signs up for a summer job working with teenagers in a college summer program, he never could have imagined that his life would be on the line. The group that he will be working with is considered “special”, but he has no clue what that means. When all that a person wants is to redeem themselves from the mistakes that they have made, what lengths will they go to in order to see that happen? Joe is about to find out.
MY THOUGHTS
I received this book for review purposes. And it turns out to be an enjoyable read. The premise, was kind of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children meets The Hunger Games. It’s about a summer job, in a very peculiar home, with a big secret. The set up, was nicely done, it takes its time to introduce you to Joe Thimble, and get to know him as a person. Also it set up the tone, the moment he gets to this house. But then it all goes downhill on the climax, which for my taste it felt rush out. The writing style is from a first person narrative, and it’s all explained a very simple minimalistic way. And this therefore helps on the pacing of the story. It makes everything fast pace. The book, has elements pretty unique, on it’s elements. It describes little moments in life, and issues never seen in a novel. (For example: The bug’s scene.) The climax, all the beginning of the story it starts rising to this moment. The moment it occurred, it was great done. But, as the events unravel themselves it felt quite short and rush out. I loved the idea of this challenge the characters faced, but it didn’t live up to it’s potential. Basically lots of things happened so fast, that you as a reader would like a break where it all explain a bit slower. The ending (Spoiler Free), so it wrapped up and we get to see a sneak peak of the future life of these characters. But on the climax moment, I couldn’t see a way it was going to wrap up (probably because of the rush). I saw that the story was almost over, and it was already more than 90% of the book. At the end, it was nice to see how they all ended after the big events, and how they’re mentally and growth became. It had a great premise, and the story had very great little details. The climax felt rush, but still considering all this, I enjoyed reading this fast pace adventure. HAPPY READING!