The Conscience of Abe's Turn: The Birth of the Conscience (Volume 1)

by J. Timothy King (Goodreads author)

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October 1st 2008 by J. Timothy King

binding

Paperback, 343 pages

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http://AbesTurn.com/

setting

The United States

isbn

0981692508 (isbn13: 9780981692500)

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A story of Espionage, Romance, and Abuse of Power in the fictional town of Abe's Turn

Somewhere in America, the people live in a police sta...more

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09/29/08

Kristen rated it:

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Read in December, 2008

Based off of the title of this book ending with “Volume 1, Season 1, episodes 1-4” I am led to believe that there are probably many more books to come in this series. To be honest I don’t know if I will read any of the follow up novels.

Short Summary: In a small fictional town, a sheriff holds the town under his thumb by abusing his power and smiting his enemies with brute political and police force. Our four main characters, Ted, Clydene, Mira, and Michael, fight the sherif...more Based off of the title of this book ending with “Volume 1, Season 1, episodes 1-4” I am led to believe that there are probably many more books to come in this series. To be honest I don’t know if I will read any of the follow up novels.

Short Summary: In a small fictional town, a sheriff holds the town under his thumb by abusing his power and smiting his enemies with brute political and police force. Our four main characters, Ted, Clydene, Mira, and Michael, fight the sheriff’s power through protests. They find themselves in a quagmire of trouble as one is falsely arrested. They encounter several individuals who need their help in fighting the Sheriff and his abuse of power.

The writing style in this book flows well and is very easy to read for the most part. At times the technical jargon and step by step wading through of the computer process that Clyde goes through becomes tedious and it becomes quite easy for the reader to tune out. However, on the whole this is a very simple book to get through, and I notice only one typo through the entire book. The cover and printing is attractive enough, and the writer is skilled. At the end of the book I did have trouble when we started leaping backward and forward in time, predominantly because the story had been linear up until the last 50 pages where we begin leaping backward and forward in time for no real discernable purpose. I didn’t feel that the “back in time” bit added anything at all to the rest of the story. Perhaps this will become more important in a follow up book; however as a stand alone, I felt that it should have been cut because it adds more confusion and important information.

I wish I could rate this book higher, because the writing style is very effective and the author has a wonderful flow of words. The tale itself however was a fairly overblown story that my mind could not completely wrap around. Perhaps it is supposed to be an allegory to other current world events, but for the life of me I can’t understand why a group of professionals who are supposed to be so brilliant are holding protests and playing hippy saboteurs rather than just contacting the Feds and getting their problems solved. While I was reading I just kept shaking my head at how overblown the plot seemed to be, and at the same time how self-important the characters were that they were willing to break the law, and endanger themselves rather then just going to the proper authorities and letting them take care of it all. I almost felt that rather then fixing the problems in their little town, they were dragging it out in the attempt to make themselves saviors. Others may not read it that way, but to be honest, it’s how it came across to me. As I said, this is a well written book, but in my opinion, it just was not a very interesting book.
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09/29/08

L rated it:

Read in October, 2008

This is the story of a group of young professsionals who are also political acitivists in the fictional town of Abe's Turn. The novel is actually broken down into seasons and episodes just like your favorite tv crime dramas,yet it is more than just a crime drama. The one difference; that is immediately obvious; is that the law in Abe's Turn is corrupt, and it is left to those few who have the courage to be the balance; to defend those that are caught in the corrupt system.
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05/12/09

John rated it:

Read in September, 2008

I know. My son wrote this, but he is a good read. His dramas --as the title tells-- require some intelligence and belief that today's world is characterized by some corruption in higher circles of influence.

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