Charles
Ducasse is a 3rd Year Microbiology student at the University of
Saskatchewan. He enjoys dancing, drama, and music. He currently lives in
Saskatoon, Canada but will be moving to Vancouver, Canada in the summer
of 2013. This is his first book. He can be reached at aspenglade@hushmail.com
Publisher
: Createspace.com
Genre
: Graphic novel / general
Release
Date :
Print
version : March 27, 2012
eBook
version : March 06, 2012
Purchase
Links :
Print
Version
:
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Dont-You-Just-
Kill/dp/1470180359/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334621414&sr=1-2
eBook
Version
:
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Dont-Just-Killebook/
dp/B007HTL4IO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334621414&sr
=1-1
A
woman (?) chases down a balloon and ties it down to a sign extolling
the virtues of the story’s main villain. She passes the scene of
a victim
of crime, continuing to observe as one the hero’s past
girlfriends makes
a play for the hero ( in front of the hero’s current significant
others ).
He reacts with indifference to his ex’s actions, just as he tries to ignore a later spat between his current girlfriends. We start to wonder if anything can awake this man’s callousness when the victim of the first crime bursts in on him and slams down an article stolen from the hero by his ex. His two girlfriends finally pull guns from under the table and take up defensive positions ( at least somebody’s pulling for our hero ! ). But what does our hero do ?
He grabs his retrieved property and drives off the villain and her henchwoman. He decides to intercede on behalf of the victim. ( Why doesn’t he just kill the villain ? )
Cut away to a scene of the grand opening of a theme park built by the hero, his two girlfriends, and the former victim. All is well until the boss villain is spotted sneaking in, bearing a giant battleax. One of the hero’s girlfriends alerts the hero and the former victim to this fact, and the newly– formed team gets their defensive plan into action. In an act of personal courage, the newly – empowered victim stuns and trips the charismatic boss villain in front of her mesmerized followers. Meanwhile, the hero dispatches his ex ( driving a Blood Flag – bearing bulldozer ) with carefully prepared defenses. The boss villain is suddenly seen as a double failure, despite her hype. In the turning point of the novel, the crowd turns against the boss villain. Was this part of the hero’s plan to save the victim from his self – destructive tendencies?
The novel concludes with the band of friends enjoying supper at the theme park’s restaurant. One of them wonders about the origins of what they’re eating. ( Think about the nature of all the characters in the novel. It’s grimly funny.) Finally, the victim asks the hero why didn’t he just kill the villain ? The hero passes the article stolen from him to the victim with the words “ Pass it on “. Finally, we have the answer. The price of the victim’s Liberty was the showdown with the boss villain. Without that confrontation, the victim would carry his victimhood with him forever. Now, the former victim has the chance to be a hero to some other victim later on, breaking the cycle of victimhood and starting a new, better cycle.
Schedule:
May 30 - Introduction at VBT Cafe' Blog
June 5 - Interviewed & Reviewed at A Book Lover's Library
June 7 - Book Featured at The Lucky Ladybug
June 12 - Interviewed at Mass Musings
June 14 - Guest Blogging at AZ Publishing Services
June 19 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.
June 21 - Reviewed at Books, Books, and More Books
June 25 - Guest Blogging at Writing Innovations
June 27 - Guest Blogging at The Book Hoard
June 29 - Reviewed at Words I Write Crazy
June 5 - Interviewed & Reviewed at A Book Lover's Library
June 7 - Book Featured at The Lucky Ladybug
June 12 - Interviewed at Mass Musings
June 14 - Guest Blogging at AZ Publishing Services
June 19 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.
June 21 - Reviewed at Books, Books, and More Books
June 25 - Guest Blogging at Writing Innovations
June 27 - Guest Blogging at The Book Hoard
June 29 - Reviewed at Words I Write Crazy
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