Jack Leech Volume 2 (Audible Audio Edition) James Crawford Jason Lovett James Crawford PublishingJ Books
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Every high school has it's social elite; the football players and cheerleaders...you know, the popular crowd. At Butler High, Jack Barely was as close to the top as they came. Captain of the swim team, great hair, and abs that most would die for. However, that was all before the Leeches attacked, taking away everything his popularity, his house, his grandmother, and even his best friend, Caleo, whom he secretly loved. Now, living in a destroyed world, popularity means nothing as Jack struggles just to keep him and his twin sister, Jillian, alive. With attacks happening more frequently, Jack starts to wonder why they are even bothering to try and hold onto the past when it just reminds him of all they have lost. Just when he has given up hope, Jack hears a rumor that Caleo is still alive and sets out on a mission to find him. But will Jack make it to finally tell Caleo how he really feels?
Jack Leech Volume 2 (Audible Audio Edition) James Crawford Jason Lovett James Crawford PublishingJ Books
Actual rating 3.5 stars.With a fantastic premise set up in ‘Caleo,’ even if I had issues with the writing style, I was still excited to continue with this trilogy. ‘Jack’ still brings that level of immaturity in the narrative that bugged me from the first novel – but much less of it, thank goodness. We get a clear case of what is going on with the plot of the trilogy for the most part, but there is still a little confusion of some scenes not making sense. The stakes are definitely higher. There is a lot of action, pummelling, fighting and injuries… it is starting to feel like a bloodbath. So, while not top-tier writing, it is definitely compulsive.
On a side note: I did find it comical at the amount of unintentional nudity. The teen girl in me giggled and kicked her legs (no judging me – I already know how lame I am.) In ‘Caleo,’ we did lose a bit of that larrikin humour over the second half of the novel, but it is back and interspersed throughout the narrative in ‘Jack’ and it’s the kind of smart-assery I love to indulge in.
This time the story continues from Jack’s P.O.V. and he is more single-minded than in ‘Caleo’ – which was great in driving the plot forward, but it also erased some of his complexity. I would have liked to see much more going on with him emotionally and spiritually to turn up the level of tension.
The reading experience felt a lot tighter and more enjoyable. Though personally I’m #TeamNolan and felt like Nolan was pushed aside again for the sake of setting up a love triangle, though, with the third book in the series being from his point of view, I guess I’ll get the fix I’ve been hinkering for since starting this trilogy. *fingers crossed*
I did get more surprises than expected, but there still wasn’t a lot of resolution in the plot for me to feel entirely satisfied. Second book syndrome. Even though there is so much action going on in ‘Jack,’ I felt as though something was lacking – whether it be a few sub-plots, or moving the overarching storyline forward more, it still left me in that state of mind after finishing ‘Caleo.’ Yes, I’m dying to find out what happens next, but annoyed that I have to read yet another book to get a payoff.
I developed a lot more liking and sympathy for Jack after reading this second installment, but there is still something about Caleo and Jack that doesn’t sit right for me. But let’s see were the journey takes us. Jumping into ‘Nolan’ right now…
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Jack Leech Volume 2 (Audible Audio Edition) James Crawford Jason Lovett James Crawford PublishingJ Books Reviews
Two down, one to go. “Jack,” the second of the Leech series, is as compelling as the first book, “Caleo” was. It is also written with the same sort of, um, youthful exuberance and careless disregard for the niceties of grammar and editing.
This is to say that the writing can be really good at times, and Crawford surely captures the essentials of what a post-apocalyptic teenager would be—alternating between courageous and jerky. As with the first book of this series, I had to keep reminding myself that this is a Young Adult novel, and the love of killing and mayhem certainly fits in with youth culture today, if video games and movies are any indication. As an old gay man, however, I find it all a little exhausting—the never-ending quest just to be safe, and the nonstop ability of the enemy to find Jack and his companions wherever they go.
What Crawford manages to do, however, is to make us give a damn about Jack, Jillian, Caleo and all the rest. I’ve read plenty of YA books in which the handsome jock finally realizes that he feels “that way” about his best friend since childhood. But I’ve never read one where that happens in the middle of a global attack by inhuman creatures bent on world domination. Or something. The whole Leech apocalypse still doesn’t quite hang together for me—and perhaps that negligence is just part of the worldview of a young author. I suspect a lot of the current world doesn’t make sense to Mr. Crawford, either.
Whatever is going on here, I found myself riveted to the text, and find myself at the end anxious to pick up the third book of the series, “Nolan.” Dammit. I need Jack and Caleo to be safe, too.
Proofreader!!! Did the proofreader get slaughtered in all the multi-troop violence that seems inevitable after about every fifteen pages (or less). In this book there are several very adolescent blunders in grammar and misspellings as if the story was typed in the dark and never checked over. Besides that, I've been very pleased that the intimate and realistic relationship between Caleo and Jack has thus far not meant getting into each other's pants, and, hopefully, the growing affection has a potential for lasting longer (but Nolan seems to be throwing the wrench into the works there with stressing that Jack will grow old and grey while Caleo and Nolan will potentially stay young for as many years they live). I do agree with another reviewer that there seems to be an extreme problem with the guys keeping clothing on. Actually, I felt that in this book Jack's character was more developed than Caleo's in the first book (and I really like Caleo and hoped for more development there rather than seemingly endless adolescent pouting and near tantrums among the three main male characters). For me, there's quite some difficulty to keep straight Leeches and Blesseds, who's good and who's dangerous. The execution by Jack of the one Blessed/Leeches who could be trusted was disappointing even if it was to bring Caleo back from death. There must have been another two or three Blessed/Leeches nearby who could have been used to save Caleo. The loss of Jack's nephew's mother was another senseless slaughter and misery for Mickey who has proven one of the most committed, most reliable and unselfish assets that Caleo, Jack and Jillian have met up with. I imagine I'll read the next in the series when it comes out, but focussing on Nolan will surprise me if it is interesting, The growth in the relationship between Caleo and Jack had seemed the core theme from the beginning, especially as Jack turned from school and sports popularity to attempting to be a real, loving friend. It really was refreshing that despite the repeated nudity, there's been a hands-off respect for each other (unless I missed something). Please either get a grammar and spell check or someone with a sharp eye for the faux pas in the writing.
Actual rating 3.5 stars.
With a fantastic premise set up in ‘Caleo,’ even if I had issues with the writing style, I was still excited to continue with this trilogy. ‘Jack’ still brings that level of immaturity in the narrative that bugged me from the first novel – but much less of it, thank goodness. We get a clear case of what is going on with the plot of the trilogy for the most part, but there is still a little confusion of some scenes not making sense. The stakes are definitely higher. There is a lot of action, pummelling, fighting and injuries… it is starting to feel like a bloodbath. So, while not top-tier writing, it is definitely compulsive.
On a side note I did find it comical at the amount of unintentional nudity. The teen girl in me giggled and kicked her legs (no judging me – I already know how lame I am.) In ‘Caleo,’ we did lose a bit of that larrikin humour over the second half of the novel, but it is back and interspersed throughout the narrative in ‘Jack’ and it’s the kind of smart-assery I love to indulge in.
This time the story continues from Jack’s P.O.V. and he is more single-minded than in ‘Caleo’ – which was great in driving the plot forward, but it also erased some of his complexity. I would have liked to see much more going on with him emotionally and spiritually to turn up the level of tension.
The reading experience felt a lot tighter and more enjoyable. Though personally I’m #TeamNolan and felt like Nolan was pushed aside again for the sake of setting up a love triangle, though, with the third book in the series being from his point of view, I guess I’ll get the fix I’ve been hinkering for since starting this trilogy. *fingers crossed*
I did get more surprises than expected, but there still wasn’t a lot of resolution in the plot for me to feel entirely satisfied. Second book syndrome. Even though there is so much action going on in ‘Jack,’ I felt as though something was lacking – whether it be a few sub-plots, or moving the overarching storyline forward more, it still left me in that state of mind after finishing ‘Caleo.’ Yes, I’m dying to find out what happens next, but annoyed that I have to read yet another book to get a payoff.
I developed a lot more liking and sympathy for Jack after reading this second installment, but there is still something about Caleo and Jack that doesn’t sit right for me. But let’s see were the journey takes us. Jumping into ‘Nolan’ right now…
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