A book like you never read before

Synopsis

With a jangle of keys, a door opened. Herbert clanked in, his arms locked to his sides, his ankles shackled, his face a Hannibal Lecter mask. He was overjoyed to see me.

“Marco, I’m jailed day and night with murderous thugs who can’t tell Schiller from Shakespeare. I’m desperate for intellectual stimulus—but you’ll do for now.” 

TV personality Marco Ocram is the world’s only self-penned character, writing his life in real time as you read it. Marco’s celebrity mentor, Herbert Quarry, grooms him to be the Jackson Pollock of literature, teaching him to splatter words on a page without thought or revision.

Quarry’s plan backfires when imbecilic Marco begins to type his first thought-free book: it’s a murder mystery—and Herbert’s caught red-handed near the butchered body of his lover.

Now Marco must write himself into a crusade to clear his friend’s name. Typing the first words that come into his head, Marco unleashes a phantasmagorical catalogue of twists in his pursuit of justice, writing the world’s fastest-selling book to reveal the awful truth about the Herbert Quarry affair.

My review

Marco Ocram is a writer, with his mentor Herbert Quarry encouraging him to write whatever thought he has in his mind. And by so becoming the Jackson Pollock of literature.
But when Macro is writing his first thought – novel that is becoming a murder mystery, Herbert Quarry finds himself begin the main suspect.
Now it’s up to Marco to clear his friend’s name by writing the book that will reveal the truth full of twists and turns.

This book was one of a kind… I have seen the series this book was based on on television, so I kind of new already who the culprit was, but I was curious to see how this author would manage to be unique in his writing while all the same staying somehow true to the original story.

I have to admit, reading a story where the writer is literally in process of writing the book, is something to get used to…
We see the input his mentor Herbert Quarry is giving and in the following chapter we see how the author is applying this feedback in his story.

Having a story based on the author’s first thoughts was sometimes confusing, especially when it was the purpose of him to confuse us.
And sometimes having first thoughts would be so over the top or unimaginable yet it made it into the story, making me frown because of some absurdities.

In a way, this was a funny story, reading how the imagination of the author could take off. There were hilarious situations our main characters found themselves in, but also gruesome ones, which made me glad I was just reading a book and wasn’t seeing those things myself.

This story was full of twists and revelations that kept asking my attention. After the initial struggles in understanding the concept of the story, I got used to this style.
It’s a unique style I think not everyone will or can appreciate, but those who are looking for something different, will certainly be entertained!