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Wormwood, Nevada
by
David Oppegaard (Goodreads Author)
Tyler and Anna Mayfield have just relocated from Nebraska to the sun scorched desert town of Wormwood, Nevada. They find themselves in a strange new landscape populated with old school cowboys, alien cultists, meth dealers, and doomsday prophets. Loneliness and desperation pervade Wormwood, and when a meteorite lands in the center of town, its fragile existence begins to u...more
ebook, 256 pages
Published
December 8th 2009
by St. Martin's Press
(first published 2009)
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As far as some sophomore books go there are, lets say some not as good as their later works and as uninteresting as You would think this type of book would be: "A couple goes here, and finds something different.." The writer manages to bring something refreshing and intriguing to the story which I won't spoil. I think though, in My opinion that the dialogue felt immature and hamstrung by the writer rushing through some scenes. The characters are at times flat, and the story slows down towards th...more
Originally reviewed at Minnesota Reads.
When you were little, do you remember staring at your pile of wrapped birthday presents and being so excited to see a huge box? Small boxes surrounded the big box, but they weren’t nearly as important as what was in that monstrous box. It’s got to be something great since it’s that big, right?
I was always disappointed by the big box. Inevitably it was the first I’d want to open because it just had to be good, but it was usually a sleeping bag or a box of cl...more
When you were little, do you remember staring at your pile of wrapped birthday presents and being so excited to see a huge box? Small boxes surrounded the big box, but they weren’t nearly as important as what was in that monstrous box. It’s got to be something great since it’s that big, right?
I was always disappointed by the big box. Inevitably it was the first I’d want to open because it just had to be good, but it was usually a sleeping bag or a box of cl...more
I made it to page 55, and that was painful. This book is terrible. Grammatical errors aside, it just rambles on and on. It is like Oppegaard watched a made for tv movie about Area 51 and decided he knew rural Nevada well enough to write a novel about it. Geesh. My favorite bad part would have to be when the "town sheriff" tells the protagonist that he has been followed to the park, most likely by a man-eating bear. Yeah, right. There are a lot of man-eating bears in the Great Basin area? This ha...more
This book sounded really good, and it wasn't badly written. However, I'm just not sure what the heck it was about. There's a UFO cult, a strange small town full of "interesting" people, an earthquake, and even some real aliens, but nothing really happens. So, I'm figuring the story must be some kind of metaphor for something that I'm just not getting. Oh well.
--Leisa
--Leisa
2.75 stars.
Decent read. It has some grammar mistakes, and one of the characters (Cody) was called Cory instead at one point of the book. I don't think it was done on purpose, but I can't be certain. I did like the ending. Just remember this isn't really a science fiction book and you'll enjoy it.
Decent read. It has some grammar mistakes, and one of the characters (Cody) was called Cory instead at one point of the book. I don't think it was done on purpose, but I can't be certain. I did like the ending. Just remember this isn't really a science fiction book and you'll enjoy it.
A melancholy story of small-town Americana, loneliness, the sadness of aging and the inscruitability of the universe. Oppegaard's language is spare but lyrical when necessary, and the world is completely enveloping.
After a great debut by Oppegaard's "Suicide Collectors" I was a bit disappointed by this book. The story moves very slow and I just Felt like nothing ever REALLY happened.
Wow... Not too sure what to make of this book. Boring and I wasted time reading it. Made no sense and not sure what the author was trying to share.
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Sequel to The Suicide Collectors
i liked this book.a very easy read nothing to stressful.about a couple that move to a small town in the desert and the unusual people that live there.
Mar 16, 2013
J. Corey-Gruenes
marked it as to-read
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David Oppegaard is the author of the Bram Stoker-nominated The Suicide Collectors (St. Martin’s Press), Wormwood, Nevada (St. Martin’s Press), and The Ragged Mountains (Last Call Books). David’s work is a blend of science fiction, literary fiction, horror, and dark fantasy. He holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Hamline University and a B.A. in English from St. Olaf College. He teaches at Hamline Univ...more
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