Hey guys, recently my friend has become intrigued with writing and is aspiring to become big in the literary world. He has started to write his first novel called, "The Last Night." He sent me the first half of it and asked me to read it and show it to anyone else who may be interested. So, here I am Showing it to anyone who may be interested. He is looking for any feedback from anyone and be honest, as much as he want's to succeed, he does not want to waste his time on a book that is not worth it(which is probably why he has only written the first half). I have read it and i am certainly not a critic nor am I an avid reader but I personally thought that it was fairly good and told him he should pursue it. Let me know what you guys think. Brief back story about the book: The book takes place in the 1960's- 1980's within lower class New York. The main character is named Tom Gibbons who's dream is to become a writer and his friend Nick, wants to become a publisher. Eventually Nick becomes lost and Tom life becomes quite complicated. Theres tons more but thats what the link is for Thanks Here it is, the first half of his first book, The Last Night. If you have any questions about the book, let me know and I will ask him. The Last Night - Pastebin.com
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I haven't read it, but the summary doesn't intrigue me. In fact, it sounds more like the setup to this post. That being said, I'm more of a sci-fi/fantasy kind of reader. The realism stuff is fine, but it often doesn't hold much draw for me. I'll have a look later and see what the first bit is like. I doubt I'll ever get too far though, as I'm writing my own novel and have set a little deadline for myself that I have decided to meet in about two weeks. Been writing a chapter a day these last few ones to keep up. As far as wondering if the story is worth continuing, I'd say it in for the sole reason that your friend will learn. I've be writing things since I was about ten or eleven and only now do I actually like what I'm doing. I began the current project over a year ago and I still don't loathe it like I have grown to with all the others. Expecially my little terrible failed trilogy. My point is, if your friend isn't sure, do it anyway. If it doesnt work out that well, you still learn from the experience. If it works out well, great for him.
if a plane suddenly skydives, you would notice it before you notice spilled water but i agree, don't stop doing it, it's all about practice. I would say its quite heavy on unnecessary adjectives, and he need's to go through refining, because being overly descriptive begins to get tiresome to read. Rearranging sentences, and finding words that better capture the moment and feeling going on will massively cut down on the unnecessary stuff, and make it seem less like an account and more like prose.