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Another Broken Wizard
by
Colin Dodds (Goodreads Author)
Another Broken Wizard is the story of Jim Monaghan, who really didn't want to go back to Worcester. But unemployment and his father's open-heart surgery forced his hand. Tending to his father and embarking on an ICU romance in the day, Jim seeks out his childhood best friend, Joe Rousseau. But Joe has problems with a local gang, and his plan to resolve the matter only make...more
Paperback, 282 pages
Published
August 8th 2011
by Createspace
(first published July 29th 2011)
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Dec 23, 2012
L.E.Olteano
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Originally posted on Jun 21 2012 at Butterfly-o-Meter Books:
I got to about 25% of this before giving up.
The writing is light and pleasant, accessible. It's that sort of first person narrative that's really focused on what's going on with our MC and his close ones. The characters seem promising, flawed, imperfect, human. I kept reading for a while expecting for something major to happen, but it didn't quite feel like it did. I waited until I got to this 21% point of the read, and from there on I...more
I got to about 25% of this before giving up.
The writing is light and pleasant, accessible. It's that sort of first person narrative that's really focused on what's going on with our MC and his close ones. The characters seem promising, flawed, imperfect, human. I kept reading for a while expecting for something major to happen, but it didn't quite feel like it did. I waited until I got to this 21% point of the read, and from there on I...more
Another Broken Wizard is a book about straddling childhood and adulthood, straddling a fading industrial home town and the information-economy world of our attenuated aspirations, straddling the love for a friend and the urge toward self preservation. It is a portrait of Worcester, Massachusetts—both its place in the 21st century and its past.
“Dodds gets Worcester and shows it in all of its glories and cracks…He runs through the streets of the city and nearby towns and takes the reader with him...more
“Dodds gets Worcester and shows it in all of its glories and cracks…He runs through the streets of the city and nearby towns and takes the reader with him...more
I received a copy of this book from the Goodreads Firstreads giveaway program.
Ok, let me begin by saying I really should read the blurb about the book before signing up to win it as I though this would fall into an entirely different genre from the title. I am glad that I read it as it is probably the best book I've read of the books published in the last year or two.
The story is gritty and urban, with wholly believable characters. Dodds use of prose is at time funny and at times stunning.
This i...more
Ok, let me begin by saying I really should read the blurb about the book before signing up to win it as I though this would fall into an entirely different genre from the title. I am glad that I read it as it is probably the best book I've read of the books published in the last year or two.
The story is gritty and urban, with wholly believable characters. Dodds use of prose is at time funny and at times stunning.
This i...more
Thanks to the author, Colin Dodds, for selecting me as a winner in his giveaway.
It was odd to be reading a book based on an area I had just moved to in March. The main character, Jim, came back to his hometown to be with his dad. His father having surgery and needed someone to stay with him as he recovered. Jim seemed to resent having to be there as he had not spent much time in his hometown in years. He meets up with an old buddy and manages to get involved in some shady dealings. Takes care of...more
It was odd to be reading a book based on an area I had just moved to in March. The main character, Jim, came back to his hometown to be with his dad. His father having surgery and needed someone to stay with him as he recovered. Jim seemed to resent having to be there as he had not spent much time in his hometown in years. He meets up with an old buddy and manages to get involved in some shady dealings. Takes care of...more
Steeped in the flavors of a city that never-quite-was, this tragic tale of the bar room hero will leave you with a lingering feeling of reminiscence and remorse.
We all have that friend from our past who's personality could power a truck stop. This is the story of one such man, and his friend that tried to save him.
-Extraordinary storytelling.
We all have that friend from our past who's personality could power a truck stop. This is the story of one such man, and his friend that tried to save him.
-Extraordinary storytelling.
Can you ever go home?
Worcester, Massachusetts is a long way from Manhattan—economically, socially, and spiritually.
Jim Monaghan, a young business man, grew up there and has mostly escaped it. Until he returns to Worcester...Full review at http://kevinrkosar.com/wordpress/?p=1787
Worcester, Massachusetts is a long way from Manhattan—economically, socially, and spiritually.
Jim Monaghan, a young business man, grew up there and has mostly escaped it. Until he returns to Worcester...Full review at http://kevinrkosar.com/wordpress/?p=1787
Colin Dodds is a great writer. I usually dont have much time to read but this was one every time I walked by I picked it up to read a few more pages. Finally had to devote some hours to it since it pulled me in.I hope Mr Dodds has much success with this book. I enjoyed it very much.
I was truly looking forward to reading this book, but after about the third chapter I was wondering if I would be able to finish it. Although the writing style was pretty decent, the story line was lost in the scenic and historic descriptions. The story didn't really pick up until the last twenty pages.
Amazing read. Dodds gives you an honest look into the gritty lives of those still living in Worcester post recession.
When I started the book I wasn't sure if it was going to be the right fit, but by the end I had connected with the characters and felt as if Dodds had pulled me into the story line.
Great book!
Great book!
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Colin Dodds grew up in Massachusetts and completed his education at The New School in New York City. His novels What Smiled at Him and Another Broken Wizard have been widely acclaimed by critics and readers alike. Another novel, The Last Bad Job, was touted by the late Norman Mailer as showing “something that very few writers have; a species of inner talent that owes very little to other people.”...more
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