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A review by sgbrux
Breach of Peace by Daniel B. Greene
4.0
Was Breach of Peace good? In short, yes.
Here's a video I made, if you want to listen to my non-spoilery first reactions and thoughts on Daniel Greene's debut novella.
If at a surface level you're a fan of pump-action, high adrenaline films such as John Wick, Se7en, Altered Carbon S1, From Hell, Equilibrium, and The Bone Collector, I think you'd be fascinated by the pacing, tone, violence, and grittiness of Greene's story.
If beneath that surface you enjoy the less obvious philosophical pursuits, I think you'll appreciate what Greene has crafted here. This book has major 1984 undertones. Themes include a corporeal almighty entity who dictates the morality of the society, the social norms that would arise from such a predetermined moral code, the institutions of power that would result from this kind of moral structure, and then the disparity between the wealthy and the poor.
I plan to explore these themes in subsequent read-throughs, and hopefully the next installments expand on them. I would suggest you don't miss out on this one.
I'll add this: if this is Greene's starting point, he has a solid writing career ahead of him.
My quick and dirty breakdown:
Characters: 3
World-building: 4
Prose: 4.5
Plot: 3.5
Themes: 5
Overall: 4
Edit: Can we talk about how Kate Reading and Michael Kramer did the audiobook for this? Holy %*&^.
Here's a video I made, if you want to listen to my non-spoilery first reactions and thoughts on Daniel Greene's debut novella.
If at a surface level you're a fan of pump-action, high adrenaline films such as John Wick, Se7en, Altered Carbon S1, From Hell, Equilibrium, and The Bone Collector, I think you'd be fascinated by the pacing, tone, violence, and grittiness of Greene's story.
If beneath that surface you enjoy the less obvious philosophical pursuits, I think you'll appreciate what Greene has crafted here. This book has major 1984 undertones. Themes include a corporeal almighty entity who dictates the morality of the society, the social norms that would arise from such a predetermined moral code, the institutions of power that would result from this kind of moral structure, and then the disparity between the wealthy and the poor.
I plan to explore these themes in subsequent read-throughs, and hopefully the next installments expand on them. I would suggest you don't miss out on this one.
I'll add this: if this is Greene's starting point, he has a solid writing career ahead of him.
My quick and dirty breakdown:
Characters: 3
World-building: 4
Prose: 4.5
Plot: 3.5
Themes: 5
Overall: 4
Edit: Can we talk about how Kate Reading and Michael Kramer did the audiobook for this? Holy %*&^.