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Death by Facebook
by
Everett Peacock (Goodreads Author)
A vacationing soldier in Hawaii...
Earth's most active volcano, anxious to repeat itself...
Two murders involving love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, and the great hereafter...
DEATH BY FACEBOOK by Everett Peacock
Be careful what you say online
(republished January 13, 2012)
Earth's most active volcano, anxious to repeat itself...
Two murders involving love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, and the great hereafter...
DEATH BY FACEBOOK by Everett Peacock
Be careful what you say online
(republished January 13, 2012)
Paperback, 314 pages
Published
March 4th 2011
by Createspace
(first published February 27th 2011)
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This book ($4.99 for Kindle) is impossible to classify. Yes, a bit of facebook (and correct even!) A bit of murder (one of the main characters is dead by the second page & still narrates). More than a bit of new ageism. A bit of love and a bit of hate. A lot of Hawaii. Very very different... and if you hang in there during this unusual book until about 2/3 of the way through you are treated with an exciting, tense extremely well written part of folks dealing with a natural disaster.
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I am not really a fan of Facebook. Well actually, I am not a fan of the typical people who use Facebook. Fife has more meaning than to waste it on a single social network (use more than one for crying out loud!) So when I saw the title of the book I had to read it and could hardly wait to get it on my Kindle. (Free of course, because I'm cheap)
Ha! I said to myself. I knew you could die from Facebook. What people post is drivel. Really!? I do not care which store you are currently in or how lon...more
Ha! I said to myself. I knew you could die from Facebook. What people post is drivel. Really!? I do not care which store you are currently in or how lon...more
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This was a book that I won from a Goodreads giveaway. I had tried to win it a few times, actually, because the premise really interested me. What better subject is there than Facebook to entice today's reader?
That said, I'm not even sure where to begin. There were so many different tales woven into one here, and unfortunately, I don't mean that in a good way.
At first, it appeared to be a story about a girlfriend murdering her significant other. Then it became about incest (EW - thank you, NO). F...more
That said, I'm not even sure where to begin. There were so many different tales woven into one here, and unfortunately, I don't mean that in a good way.
At first, it appeared to be a story about a girlfriend murdering her significant other. Then it became about incest (EW - thank you, NO). F...more
Based on the title, Death by Facebook, I envisioned something about...well, death by Facebook. Someone wasting away, starving to death, because they couldn't get off Facebook, or maybe a Facebook killer. Facebook is mentioned in the first few pages...and then never again. Death by Facebook is a very poorly chosen title for this book, and made me, as a reader, feel like I'd been misled.
As far as the story itself, I found it rather choppy. Numerous characters that all seemed to be unrelated, as t...more
As far as the story itself, I found it rather choppy. Numerous characters that all seemed to be unrelated, as t...more
I didn't read the synopsis of this book before actually reading the book--I wish I would have. I expected something altogether different.
Even so, I was determined to read the whole thing.... but I wanted to give up a number of times. It wasn't so much the plot-line of the story that made me want to quit. It was the choppy nature of the book. I'm not opposed to stories going back and forth between characters; I just feel like the flow of this particular story was choppy. I had a hard time staying...more
Even so, I was determined to read the whole thing.... but I wanted to give up a number of times. It wasn't so much the plot-line of the story that made me want to quit. It was the choppy nature of the book. I'm not opposed to stories going back and forth between characters; I just feel like the flow of this particular story was choppy. I had a hard time staying...more
Jan 31, 2012
Lenore Kosinski
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This was just not for me. Wasn't into the whole "magical realism" thing....way too many loosely connected storylines that weren't all resolved. Kept meeting new characters, but didn't end up really caring about any of them. Thought it was going to be more of a mystery, but wasn't a mystery at all. It definitely did get better as it went along, but not enough for me to recommend it. :(
This is an unusual book. Not really what I was expecting, but not in a disappointing fashion, quite the opposite.
I was expecting a crime novel, fast paced but rather shallow, not at all what I was given in these pages. The beginning is intriguing, with a sense of lurking darkness amid its seemingly light banter. As the story progresses , the gloom grows along with the impending danger posed by a suddenly active volcano.
That’s another unusual aspect of this novel, the atmosphere. It takes place...more
This book surprised me. Not in a particularly good or bad way, just in a surprising way.
As other reviewers have already mentioned, this book just came off as weird for the most part. I'm probably not going to cover any new ground here. The premise for the book was interesting - based on the title it looked to me like something along the lines of "you can't trust everyone you meet on the internet." The book description threw that away before you even open the book, but doesn't really do the true...more
As other reviewers have already mentioned, this book just came off as weird for the most part. I'm probably not going to cover any new ground here. The premise for the book was interesting - based on the title it looked to me like something along the lines of "you can't trust everyone you meet on the internet." The book description threw that away before you even open the book, but doesn't really do the true...more
I'm required by the terms and conditions of the Goodreads book giveaway in which I won this novel to state in the review that that is how I acquired my copy of this book.
This want a bad book at all. I read it in 24 hours if that tells you anything. Very islandish. Maybe a little too new age for me, but then again I don't run on island time myself so i'm biased there.
This book is in fact less about Facebook than you would think from the cover and the title. More about . . . I don't know . . . th...more
This want a bad book at all. I read it in 24 hours if that tells you anything. Very islandish. Maybe a little too new age for me, but then again I don't run on island time myself so i'm biased there.
This book is in fact less about Facebook than you would think from the cover and the title. More about . . . I don't know . . . th...more
It started out promising but I was disappointed the author never explained what the heck crazy woman was thinking or feeling or what her plan was.
Do not be mislead by the title like I was. There is a death and there are Facebook references but that, my friends is about it! Never the twain shall meet.
The book was okay, I struggled reading it but I didn't want to give up on it. The plot was well conceived and I did guess what was going to happen. It was frightening in places because it really did seem real and I thought hard about the power of nature. I do not want to spoil the plot in anyway but it was a little bit out there in places but...more
The book was okay, I struggled reading it but I didn't want to give up on it. The plot was well conceived and I did guess what was going to happen. It was frightening in places because it really did seem real and I thought hard about the power of nature. I do not want to spoil the plot in anyway but it was a little bit out there in places but...more
This book was a different! I like the setting on the Big Island, Hawaii because I knew the area. It was a complex story told in an unusual fashion, weaving in a lot of subject areas. I can't say I loved it, but I didn't hate it either. The idea that one announces one's death by Facebook certainly peaks one's interest. Although I would hardly define this a Christian fiction, it does carry with it the concept of afterlife and forgiveness - but not in the traditional sense. the story telling remind...more
PROS:
1. Very visual sort of book.
2. Surprising, on two counts. One is that you expect it to be plot-thin, and that's certainly not the case. Two, the twists are nicely done.
3. It's set in Hawaii (with a volcano!).
4. Its messages weren't forced.
5. Well paced.
6. One you can pass around, as I did. Since my sister is a Facebook fanatic, I borrowed it out to her. She loved it.
CONS:
1. The dialogue sometimes got cliche and unrealistic.
2. The narrative jumping was odd.
3. I expected more depth on Jimmy'...more
1. Very visual sort of book.
2. Surprising, on two counts. One is that you expect it to be plot-thin, and that's certainly not the case. Two, the twists are nicely done.
3. It's set in Hawaii (with a volcano!).
4. Its messages weren't forced.
5. Well paced.
6. One you can pass around, as I did. Since my sister is a Facebook fanatic, I borrowed it out to her. She loved it.
CONS:
1. The dialogue sometimes got cliche and unrealistic.
2. The narrative jumping was odd.
3. I expected more depth on Jimmy'...more
Mar 31, 2011
Ren
marked it as to-read
O.M.G..
What with this title?
Since I'm addicted to Facebook and Twitter, this one like a warning for me..
You death, because Facebook..
LMAO!!
Just kidding, actually the synopsis is tell about how if people know you'd dead via Facebook
Really curious to read this one
What with this title?
Since I'm addicted to Facebook and Twitter, this one like a warning for me..
You death, because Facebook..
LMAO!!
Just kidding, actually the synopsis is tell about how if people know you'd dead via Facebook
Really curious to read this one
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Not really my kind of thing. I was sold on the title, thinking it would be quite geeky but facebook itself gets a couple of mentions in the story.
There are a few plot strands and a decent cast of characters, but I think the story was trying to appeal to too many audiences at once. Chick-lit, crime, spiritual, thriller... Just too much for one story. The spiritual stuff in particular I found a bit overly mawkish in places and that kind of stuff really isn't my cup of tea in the first place.
Withou...more
There are a few plot strands and a decent cast of characters, but I think the story was trying to appeal to too many audiences at once. Chick-lit, crime, spiritual, thriller... Just too much for one story. The spiritual stuff in particular I found a bit overly mawkish in places and that kind of stuff really isn't my cup of tea in the first place.
Withou...more
This book was not what I expected. There was too many plot lines and sometimes it was hard to follow. It was an interesting and unique story. But overall I was not impressed with this book. My biggest issue with this book was the characters. There are too many characters and you don't get a chance to connect with most of them. There are just too many other characters in this book it's hard to keep track of them all.
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Pfc. James Madison Turner is on leave from the Army and spending this time with his girlfriend, soon-to-be wife, Janet on the big Island of Hawaii Jimmy Turner tells this story from a unique POV that he is only sorry his mother had to find out via Facebook. You see, Jimmy is dead.
Jimmy finally finds the light and the reason why he stayed around even though he was no longer alive. POV changes while the remaining people on the island deal with a volcanic eruption, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
Fa...more
Pfc. James Madison Turner is on leave from the Army and spending this time with his girlfriend, soon-to-be wife, Janet on the big Island of Hawaii Jimmy Turner tells this story from a unique POV that he is only sorry his mother had to find out via Facebook. You see, Jimmy is dead.
Jimmy finally finds the light and the reason why he stayed around even though he was no longer alive. POV changes while the remaining people on the island deal with a volcanic eruption, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
Fa...more
Aug 10, 2011
Kelly Bragg
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This is a book that I WON from the author, Everett Peacock, via Goodreads. Yea for winning a free book! :o)
This was an interesting story. It was not as "techy" as I thought it might be from the title, but Facebook was an integral part of the story. I enjoyed the up close and personal look at volcanoes and Hawaii, but am still mulling over the story. I am not posting spoilers here!
This was an interesting story. It was not as "techy" as I thought it might be from the title, but Facebook was an integral part of the story. I enjoyed the up close and personal look at volcanoes and Hawaii, but am still mulling over the story. I am not posting spoilers here!
Interesting concept, quite a bit of jumping around to different perspectives which made me want to hurry through to see what the people were going to do next.
I felt like the mother kind of got lost in a lot of the action, but it had enough of a resolution in that respect.
Knowing more about Janet's back story could have really strengthened her character.
I felt like the mother kind of got lost in a lot of the action, but it had enough of a resolution in that respect.
Knowing more about Janet's back story could have really strengthened her character.
A kindle freebie, I would rate this one at about 2 1/2 stars. I finished it, so it held my interest. Second half better than first. This book could have benefited greatly from a good editor and rewrite. A lot of loose ends and storylines that don't contribute to the main theme. I think Everett Peacock shows promise, but he needs an editor!
Interesting read...I probably wouldn't have bought it off the shelf, but it was a free download on Kindle for me. And once I started reading, I couldn't stop. It's got a bit of everything in it...Facebook, love, murder, you name it, it's there. A nice time passer.
Another easy to read tale from EP. While the events are in stark contrast to his writing of laid back Hawaiian bars the people are still made of the same stuff and their acceptance of life alongside their resoluteness to be masters of their own destiny is inspiring.
This was a free kindle book and for some reason, despite having a reading list as long as my arm, I decided to read it. Set in Hawaii the book follows a couple of interwoven stories all surrounding the eruption of a volcano. It is easy reading and some of the characters are likeable whilst others feel somewhat flat. It was free. It passed some hours. Not a classic, nor worth hunting out.
Not exactly what I expected when I started the book. But I was definitely hooked. I loved the Facebook references, the little folklore twist, the Hawaiian setting, very easy and quick to read. I dont want to ruin it for other readers though. I cant wait to read the other book as well.
Okay, I read some of the other reviews and I have to agree, the baseline plot was there and good but the writer seemed to be going in many different directions, you were given a host of players and many of them weren't needed. I did like the book but I feel it needed to be refined, get rid of useless players, and streamline the story.
This was a very interesting book to read. I felt a great deal of empathy for the ghost and the woman. It wasn't really a mystery about his murder, just his enlightenment about being a ghost. I feel terrible for the woman in the story as well. It isn't a "happy" book, but it is a very good book. And it does show how karma can be a byatch.
You can read the full review here on my blog - Book Review: Death by Facebook by Everett Peacock
The book got me thinking about Facebook and just how powerful it could be both to do good and evil. Just how far reaching its messages are and its impact on people.
It also questioned good and evil. Janet starts her journey through the book as an evil person who murders her fiancé but as I went along with the story getting to know her better, I started to question if it was she who was evil or her situ...more
The book got me thinking about Facebook and just how powerful it could be both to do good and evil. Just how far reaching its messages are and its impact on people.
It also questioned good and evil. Janet starts her journey through the book as an evil person who murders her fiancé but as I went along with the story getting to know her better, I started to question if it was she who was evil or her situ...more
An interesting read and it approaches a topic I had not thought of, prearranged death announcments on FB. :) At any rate, there are a few mistake - hold for holed and brake for break, for instance - but in most cases, it doesn't interrupt the flow of the read. :)
A bit of a strange story - took a while for me to get intersetd in it as its not what I was expecting but eventually I did and it was ok. More of a 'will read on holiday' sort of book for me.
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With over 134,000 copies of his work downloaded, Everett Peacock has made a sensation of his style of magical realism.
Mr. Peacock was born on an island and continues the tradition living in Maui, Hawaii. Decades were spent living on a secluded Oahu, Hawaii beach, surfing, mountain biking, g...more
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