Comments on: Barricade, by Jon Wallace (28/6/2014) http://www.stephendeas.com/barricade-by-jon-wallace-2862014/ The Dragons Are Coming Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:01:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.stephendeas.com/barricade-by-jon-wallace-2862014/comment-page-1/#comment-101094 Paul Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:57:23 +0000 http://www.stephendeas.com/?p=3701#comment-101094 Nice review, I pretty much agree with all of it. The book passed a couple of days commuting on the train and only cost £1.99 and so wasn't all bad. I think you were unduly kind to the plot though. From about the midpoint it was laughable, and not in a good way. It relied far too much on coincidence (The whole motorway service station section) and ignorance (nobody recognising Starvie). The ending had severe issues and I refuse to believe that you can get that much explosive in a camera and have it still function and feel like a camera. But maybe that's just me. Nice review, I pretty much agree with all of it. The book passed a couple of days commuting on the train and only cost £1.99 and so wasn’t all bad.

I think you were unduly kind to the plot though. From about the midpoint it was laughable, and not in a good way. It relied far too much on coincidence (The whole motorway service station section) and ignorance (nobody recognising Starvie). The ending had severe issues and I refuse to believe that you can get that much explosive in a camera and have it still function and feel like a camera. But maybe that’s just me.

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