RIM's Review of Trouble Ahead… Trouble Behind… Patiently Waiting My Turn - by Anthony Stubbs

RIM's Review of

Trouble Ahead… Trouble Behind… Patiently Waiting My Turn -

by Anthony Stubbs 

People are sent to prison by society as a means to reciprocate any loss and to try to get a person to conform to society’s rules and laws. That doesn’t always happen, as in the case of Tony “Scorpio” Starks. Scorpio was sent away on a seven year bid and instead of diminishing his criminal abilities, being incarcerated actually improves his abilities. Scorpio comes home and within days is completely submerged once more into the criminal world. Since it’s finally his turn; will Scorpio come out a winner in the game or will he fall victim to the game again?

 I feel the need to be extremely honest in this review.  The author has an extremely plausible concept and characters you can relate to but it lacks plot, setting, time, and details. For example Scorpio goes from talking to his friend eating lunch, to being released from jail, to a welcome home party, all on the same page. There is nothing in a believable sequence of events and that goes on throughout the whole book.  Even understanding this is fiction, it’s not believable fiction. The lack of time references makes it   seems as though everything happens overnight, when in reality there is a process.  At times it felt like the author was trying to impress the reader with the command of vocabulary by the placement of excessively large words that take away from what is being read. There were also many editing issues which also took away from the overall presentation of the book.  Because of the issues stated the reviewer at this time rates this book one (1) star. However, it is also the reviewers opinion that with improvements this has the potential of a five star read.

Rated 1 Star.