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So…comes the suspicion: ‘Why are you doing this, Al? What are you going to get out of it? Huh? Huh?’
Readers. Maybe you’ll want to start your own Al Case library. Maybe you’ll want a hard copy of the book (available on Amazon at Monkeyland). Maybe you’ll buy the next book in the series. Heck, if Monkeyland is as good as I say it is…you’re going to want to read the whole series!
MONKEYLAND REVIEWS
I just started reading Monkeyland this morning…and I cannot put it down! This stuff is incredible. It has been a long time since I have been sucked into a book on PAGE ONE!!! D. C.
I read your book! Exciting pace and good action. Interesting premise and I look forward to the rest of the Monkeyland saga. Well done! J. D.
The theme (Monkeyland): the unifying subject was apocalyptic, which came across very well. The overall pace: Extremely good. I really wanted to get to the next page and find out what would happen next. An excellent pace. V. D.
Where to start… I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It starts out with white supremacist terrorists taking over a predominantly black school and holding the hostages for ransom. The school takeover and subsequent callousness of the terrorists actions, however, is merely the backdrop for the books main story, and that is an awakening of personal responsibility on the part of the members of South Central.
A good read
White supremacists take over a school and hold students hostage. The terrorists are sophisticated enough to take over the airwaves, the police are contained by an incompetent bureaucracy, and the only way to save the children is for the citizens of the neighborhood to rally together.
While I loved the writing, the evil in this book was almost too difficult to endure. Later, when I turned on the evening news, there stood a congressional representative spewing hate. So, I guess the premise of this book is not too far off from what is happening today. The author lived in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots and conveys the sight and the smell of those riots throughout this book.
I believe that the author successfully summed up “Monkeyland” with the following: “When neighbors decide not to be friends, when blacks and whites decide that their skin color matters, when the beast rolls over, crushing right thinking people with its ponderous belly . . . then such places as Monkeyland come into existence—and then there is hell on earth.”
From the very beginning of this book, my heart began to beat a little faster, until it was pounding, a couple of pages into the story. This book is such a nail-biter, with such a fast-moving plot, that I devoured this book as fast as I possibly could. With a writer as talented as Mr. Case, who couldn’t take one of his books, see what subject he took on this time, and find out what magic he wrote in between the covers?? I happened to win this particular book from Goodreads, but that has no bearing on my review. If I found one of his books at the bookstore, I would grab it in a heartbeat!! He is one of the masters of storytelling, in my opinion. Mr. Case flits from subject to subject, and no matter what he writes about, he does so with such brilliance!! This is a book not to be missed!! Do not be mislead by the subject matter. That’s all I can say without being a spoiler!!
Never read a book by Al Case before but this one was very interesting. A fearful account of what life could be like if racists/bigots were to leave the fringe of society and take a stand. Very graphic and strongly portrays the racist characters but not a book trying to legitimize their point-of-view.
A MONKEYLAND SERIES REVIEW
Having read at least a few thousand fiction books and series in my lifetime, I can testify that the Monkeyland series by Al Case is the best fiction series I’ve ever read. It’s got everything. The characters are so well-written and real that it’s just incredible. Even with the bit characters, you will find yourself caring and wondering what will happen to them. Al Case does an excellent job of transporting you to the locale and showing you around. The plot is gripping — and fascinating — and completely original. Everything from the attitude of the press, to the complacency of government and the reality and depth of people’s thought and character, is remarkably true to life.
