What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
Dazzler, younger by seven years, has a little more self-preservation and energy but this flicker of possibility is soon well on... Read More
There is a good use of imagery – eg; pungent stench, slithering down the sink hole, volatile mother’s trap, which helps the rea... Read More
There is an unrefined quality, a roughness if you will to veck’s prose which, whether by accident or design, neatly complements... Read More
Veck smacks you in the face with a series of acutely vivid images and scenarios.
Packaging/appearance
One visit's suitcase is packed and ready to go with all the necessary elements, including the welsh language.
Competitiveness
My initial thoughts were:similarities to trainspotting, in terms of graphic drug use, the dialogue used between the characters,... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
welsh, good and novel. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 65 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 19 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One visit introduces the reader to twentyyearold frankie gibbs desperately trying to keep his younger brother dazzler out of care and shield the worst of their father guy’s drug excesses and abuse from him
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When guy is sent to prison frankie breathes a sigh of relief but only briefly as drug dealers begin to circle frankie’s home in north wales and any chance of leading a normal life begins to disappear in a haze of addiction and destruction…one visit does not pull its punches which is understandable given the subject matter
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The characters and setting are painfully wellobserved but veck is careful to distance the reader creating contrast and consequent interest
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reader can see how sordid and bleakly hopeless the situation is but the characters cannot as they shamble about in their gritty twilight world of cheap hustles drugs and alcohol
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is an unrefined quality a roughness if you will to veck’s prose which whether by accident or design neatly complements and underscores the story he tells
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Veck helpfully provides the welsh translations but footnotes explaining the streetdrug slang might be beneficial for readers not from the uk
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The majority are nasty crafty degenerates imbued with varying levels of cunning
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However frankie is just so empty from the start and cuts a tragic pathetic figure
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