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Bezig met laden... The Road to Flufferdoor Dan Schell
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 1   Dokfintong | Mar 17, 2013 |   Deze bespreking was geschreven voorLibraryThing lid Weggevers. This was a pretty good book about a man who writes for a rock magazine who tours with a local band. The writing was pretty good and there was good character formation. However, I would have liked to have seen the story go a bit further. Parts of it seemed repetitious but that's what touring is. There could have been more information about each member of the band but I like how the author brought the writers personal life into it. All in all, not a bad book (  ) CindyHoldmann | Mar 4, 2013 | Deze bespreking is geschreven door de auteur. I read this about 6 or 7 times after I wrote it but I'm not going to assign it a rating. :) WordEngineer | Nov 4, 2012 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Darrell Steiner is a middle-aged music journalist caught between his magazine's corporate takeover and a disintegrating marriage. Forced to prove his relevance in an ever-changing music industry, he is assigned to cover a small-time heavy metal band, Numb Skull, for an ill-fated tour through the Midwest. Numb Skull's music is loud, their lyrics pedestrian, and their dreams of the wild rock and roll life drive every decision. Darrell, however, begins to see the assignment as the death knell of his career, helpless on the road while his wife shacks up with his brother.The makers of Fluffer, the adult energy drink, have gotten into the music business, culminating in the annual Fluffer Music Festival in Chicago. Numb Skull has earned a slot to play at the festival but the band struggles to keep the tour from derailing after a series of mishaps, while Darrell wrestles with his personal and professional lives, finding himself both burdened and sheltered by the road. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Dan Schell does not make a strong showing in "The Road to Fluffer," his first novel. The story is far too similar to the Canadian film "Hard Core Logo" for me to be comfortable.
The narrator, Darrell Steiner, is a music writer assigned to tour with the band Numb Skull. Mr. Schell must have personal experience shepherding a band around the mid-west because the events in the story ring true. We learn a lot about the bottom end of the professional music business, and that is OK.
The similarity to HCL aside, the problem with the novel is that there is no real plot. We just follow the band around from gig to gig in crummy mid-western weather. Things happen but nothing particular. There is no character development, no growth, nothing at all.
Mr. Schell needs to work on his grammar, particularly the use of "I" and "me". The formatting of the ebook - epub and mobi - is incorrectly done, which makes the book annoying to read.
Finally, I wonder that anyone could seriously choose "Fluffer" as the name of an adult energy drink and record label. Every North American knows the name already represents half a child's sandwich. (