Reviewed:
The author HAL is one of my favorite writers for his ability to distill the essence of a story and approach a wide range of genres.
Action/Adventure stories attract me the most, and the story of Finn really grabbed my attention, so much so that it deserves my review.
Set in a post-apocalyptic and dystopian world, the author employs a grammatical form to build the plot in a rather crude and raw manner. A critique of this form would be misplaced because any other form would diminish the fictional reality and the power of the story.
The author presents a world that is crude, raw, and cruel. In that context, the hero is forced to be crude in his actions and interactions. His dialogue is crude. His dress is crude. The people around him are crude.
At times, the action is shocking, horrific, and gruesome. The manner in which the author describes each harrowing scene feels real. There is nothing fake in the pictures that he builds. They are raw, cruel, and crude.
Our hero Finn enters the story as a savage, using his skills and talents to bring crude justice in an unlawful and cruel world. He is flawed in the way he satisfies his animal needs, but takes and exploits only that which is rightfully his. Over time, his humanity unfolds, and he comes through as the quintessential noble savage, capable of being kind, capable of love. In the end, he shows his true strength of courage and self-sacrifice. Even in a crude world, brutes like Finn are redeemable, and the author presents it in a compelling and inspirational manner.