Jack Strong

author: Walter Mosley

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.20

book published: 2014

rating: 4

read at: 2014/06/12

date added: 2014/06/12

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'Jack Strong' is a new shorter sf work from Walter Mosley and it's a good one. I'd love to read more stories about this character, because there were a lot of things left unexplained by the end. That's not a bad thing. That's an enticement to want to learn more.



Jack Strong wakes up in a fancy Las Vegas hotel room from a dream with lots of voices in it. He still hears them when he wakes up, and his body is scarred and patchworked. His hand has a ladies finger on it among others. To top it all of, there are folks in a black van that keep following him around.



The story revolves around all these dead people suddenly sort of residing in Jack's body with him. He can cycle through them at will to find the one with the skills he needs at the time. He's figuring out that he might need to help some of them. For instance, there is this guy who died in the desert on the outskirts of Las Vegas after he was double-crossed by his girlfriend.



It's a short breathtaking page turner and while the story is complete, it definitely left me wanting to know more about Jack and some of the people living inside him. Suspenseful and imaginative.



I was given a review copy of this ebook by Open Road Integrated Media and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to read this action packed ebook.





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