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The Day of the Rope: Book One (The Days of the Rope 1)
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"The Day of the Rope" is a fictional tale about what can happen in a country that has rejected its heritage and descended into degeneracy and decadence. A handful of the inhabitants discover the true power behind the ruling class, and the methods they use to remain above the law.
Feeling like strangers in the land of their forefathers, Ethan and Wayne navigate the ethical ...more
Feeling like strangers in the land of their forefathers, Ethan and Wayne navigate the ethical ...more
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An adrenaline rush of a novel which should probably carry a government health warning. You’ll see why, if you read it! Unnerving and shocking, I was ready to call it a day after 25% or so (read on Kindle) as nausea mounted. But then, so did the story line and my desire to know how this would all end.
The setting is the USA and the focus is on a corrupt political establishment (left and right) which takes turns in gaining power, often by very foul means. The ‘cattle’, as the political masters refe ...more
The setting is the USA and the focus is on a corrupt political establishment (left and right) which takes turns in gaining power, often by very foul means. The ‘cattle’, as the political masters refe ...more
This book was recommend to me by a friend and I went into it with an open mind. After reading the first chapter, it was clear that this book was going to be a total trainwreck. There is no cohesive plot tying the story together, but rather a collection of random thoughts that came into the author’s head that he felt that he needed to get into writing.
One chapter will be talking about video games, then switch to the author pointing out several times that he’s upset that women have the right to v ...more
One chapter will be talking about video games, then switch to the author pointing out several times that he’s upset that women have the right to v ...more
For god’s sake
Do
Not
Write another sequel!
The ending of the book was the only time when you left something for the imagination of the reader!
The whole book you treated us like dumb readers who can’t be thinking for themselves. Which I understand is a main theme of the book. But it makes the reading experience poor. It’s like reading a porn novel! Nothing for me to ponder over.
Or if you so write a sequel keep the short chapters that’s always good but also let me think!
Overall 3 outta 4
Do
Not
Write another sequel!
The ending of the book was the only time when you left something for the imagination of the reader!
The whole book you treated us like dumb readers who can’t be thinking for themselves. Which I understand is a main theme of the book. But it makes the reading experience poor. It’s like reading a porn novel! Nothing for me to ponder over.
Or if you so write a sequel keep the short chapters that’s always good but also let me think!
Overall 3 outta 4
Yuge! Edgy!
Could not put this down. Reminiscent of another prophetic work by the ostracized One, but with very up-to-date, technical twists and turns. Definitely, looking forward to the sequel.
Could not put this down. Reminiscent of another prophetic work by the ostracized One, but with very up-to-date, technical twists and turns. Definitely, looking forward to the sequel.
A truly horrific and vile piece of literature written by a disturbed individual that will only appeal to alt-right white men. Everyone else in the book is viewed as an enemy hell-bent on destroying society.
Withholding a rating for now, since I'm not sure exactly how to categorize this book. It's both a fiction book and something else. If you're looking to buy this book just for that "something else," then it's easy to recommend, so I'll continue the review with just comments about how it works as a fiction book.
The Day of the Rope is a present-day historical fiction type of story, yet with quite a bit of the text dedicated to world-building. The world-building is not the same kind as in sci-fi or ...more
The Day of the Rope is a present-day historical fiction type of story, yet with quite a bit of the text dedicated to world-building. The world-building is not the same kind as in sci-fi or ...more
One of the best and most terrifying books I've ever read. Maybe one of the most important works of fiction ever. I really hope that Devon Stack continues the story.
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Wow! The final chapter is awesome! That alone was enough to give this book 5 stars and I cant wait for book 2.
This is a fairly terrifying book with assassination politics, modern social media, conspiracies and false flags, and stand-ins for various existing groups (the far right, antifa, Epstein, etc). Mostly interesting as speculation about a possible dystopian future as a way to describe the present and hopefully change course.
When is this actually going to happen?
All too plausible. There were still enough twists and turns as well as a bit of insight into how others (possibly) see the world using the progressive lens.
Much enjoyed.
All too plausible. There were still enough twists and turns as well as a bit of insight into how others (possibly) see the world using the progressive lens.
Much enjoyed.
Started this, and not only is Devon Stack a brilliant content creator on YouTube, he is a good writer. Compelling so far!!
Some quotes:
The banking system was just a sophisticated system of slavery, that was marketed so well, that everyone was fighting to the death to become the noble alpha slave.
It was so obvious to Ethan now. He sometimes wondered if the system had been subverted at some point in the past, or if it had always been a lie, but it didn't really matter. What mattered now was that he knew he was being exploited by people who had not earned and did not deserve, their positions; positions that were held t ...more
As far as white nationalist fiction goes, it’s alright. It’s been done before and done better than this. My main issue is there’s no nuance to it. The main characters all go from normal, everyday people to carrying out terrorist attacks in the blink of an eye. It definitely borders on murder porn and I don’t even think that makes it an inherently bad book; but can we get a little bit of character development? A story arch? Shouldn’t at least one of the protagonists struggle with their conscience
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1. Fuck you.
2. Fuck you.
3. Fuck you.
2. Fuck you.
3. Fuck you.
The worst work of fiction I’ve ever read. In my effort to read “edgier” propaganda from sources that are censored, I navigated my way through this ill-conceived work of barely fiction only to find a novel filled with one-dimensional characters that serve almost purely as devices with which the reader can diagnose the travails and troubles of its author’s life. It’s plainly evident that the author has had troubles with women, as each woman in this novel is a dumb “whore”.
If the right is so terri ...more
If the right is so terri ...more
Fantastic Book. For being this authors first work he really made good use of the hook, ending many chapters in cliffhangers that wouldn't let you put the book down. Very original. Very good writing.
It could have used an editor as there was a few spelling errors, a whole slew of extra commas, and a bit of plot that just wasn't needed. **SPOILER ALERT*** In particular the woman who meets Ethan in the bar and then has a whole chapter dedicated to how she ends up in the hospital. Her introduction c ...more
It could have used an editor as there was a few spelling errors, a whole slew of extra commas, and a bit of plot that just wasn't needed. **SPOILER ALERT*** In particular the woman who meets Ethan in the bar and then has a whole chapter dedicated to how she ends up in the hospital. Her introduction c ...more
No spoilers.
Banning books is evil. Stack's novel is not particularly edgier than anything like Palahniuk. To remove it from book stores is clearly political censorship.
If you enjoy Fight Club and Harassment Architecture you will enjoy Day of the Rope.
Stack paces the story well, and certainly knows how to open his story and keep his characters moving, even when they're in a hospital bed.
Some of my criticisms of the writing lie in things like how Stack revisits and glosses back over certain concep ...more
Banning books is evil. Stack's novel is not particularly edgier than anything like Palahniuk. To remove it from book stores is clearly political censorship.
If you enjoy Fight Club and Harassment Architecture you will enjoy Day of the Rope.
Stack paces the story well, and certainly knows how to open his story and keep his characters moving, even when they're in a hospital bed.
Some of my criticisms of the writing lie in things like how Stack revisits and glosses back over certain concep ...more
Pretty decent, would probably read a sequel.
Going in assuming it would be a story of how a country would cycle through revolutions if the past is ignored, it comes off instead as a an argument between political extremes. Couched in conspiracies in place of hospital fact, both antagonist and protagonist fight like pendants on Fox News instead of any real ideas. This should be taken as a palate cleanser between well written literature, if at all.
I got the audiobook version and, having seen snippets of the text, it seems the narrator (the au ...more
I got the audiobook version and, having seen snippets of the text, it seems the narrator (the au ...more
Some elements of the story could be better, maybe its because I believe in God and Religion too as the vehicle not of enslavement but liberation. After all, all those Right-Wingers were protesting and fighting against the unnatural things of the Left. We'll see what comes to past, this book I will tell you though, can serve a prophetic warning of things in the near-future not just for America but The West. The book does a good job challenging people out of complacency through story.
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Brilliant Book
If you enjoy being talked down to through shitty fiction, boy do I have the book for you!
I'll be anxiously awaiting the sequel
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Based and red-pilled, but also cringey as fuck and very poorly written. 2/5 because the author had the balls to write it.
A thoroughly entertaining bit of writing that creatively answers the question "what would it take to start to turn all this horse-pucky around?" The pucky being the rather bizarre world in which we now live where decadence and degeneracy are promoted, where crime is not punished, where depravity is normalized and the virtuous are forced, at legislatively dictated gunpoint, to pick up the tab. A world where the horrifyingly weak are given a microphone to share the stories of their microaggression
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I think this book would have very limited appeal. Right-wingers who know it all anyway and just enjoy a novel that coincides with their own world view for once, or possibly people in the deep state set to monitor the aforementioned and thus need to read the reading material they might be reading... If you do believe we're being controlled by a global elite with an extremely sinister agenda (and, heck, this book was written before Jeffery Epstein so conveniently killed himself which is pretty inc
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Good book, a couple of obvious typos made a few sentences interrupt the flow. Read a few chapters before bailing, chapter 2 is a bit of a turn off. Go past it, it gets better. A bit spoon fed with some other issues, but a nice escapism from the real world where no one ever stands up for anything.
An intense read, but with enough philosophizing to dry things out at periodic intervals. Day of the rope is short, yet has shades of a certain timeless classic by a great female author. The events herein are possible, and some are already happening.
This book is specifically created for me, and it is one of the worst books I've ever read.
It's like reddit authored a book with BNR talking points.
What garbage.
Wish I read the Turner Diaries again instead of this. ...more
It's like reddit authored a book with BNR talking points.
What garbage.
Wish I read the Turner Diaries again instead of this. ...more
It was a very exciting read. I hope there will be a sequel.
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