Location: United States
Member Since: Feb. 25, 2011
Rebecca Treadway
Biography
I'm a writer, artist, poet, and photographer in the Sacramento area.
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This member has not published any books.Smashwords book reviews by Rebecca Treadway
- The Curse of Casamostro
on April 06, 2011
Classic Gothic-tragic tale told in a Neo-Goth style. I liked it. The cover is slightly misleading, in that I assumed it was going to be in our time.
- The Curse of Casamostro
on April 07, 2011
(no rating)
P.S. So sorry! I wanted to add the writing style and author's voice reminded me of Oscar Wilde - I couldn't remember his name from a loooonnnggg ago read of Dorian Gray lol!
- Fifteen
on April 27, 2011
(no rating)
Good reading, built up of suspense and a quirky, brutal ending. I was a bit thrown off by "tyre" in place of "tire" but that's ok - adds to the quirk. :p
- Fifteen
on April 27, 2011
Sorry I forgot to add the stars rating
- Absolom Rex
on May 08, 2011
The premise of this book intrigued me, as a fan of dark fiction AND lover of almost all things pertaining to ancient Rome. As a Christian, I also privately held the notion that Pontius Pilate had a bad rap and was the victim of both Roman politics and religious hypocrisy. This book and the characterization of Pontius shares a similar, and very plausible (imo) viewpoint of Pontius as a human being. The mood of the story starts off seemingly as a historical drama with subtle pretenses into horror. Jesus puts in an appearance, but the biblical reference and political subterfuge do not crowd the tale - the viewpoint is totally Pontius' - it did however, add to great atmosphere when Jesus is crucified. This is when the real portents of doom start to rumble, and it is through the Pontius' wife Claudia; that a sense of menace begins to hover over the reader. In-between this of course, are nice references to what it was like living in such a time period. By Chapter 10 - I was in the story and didn't stop until I finished. I can't say "I couldn't put it down" as I read this on a well formatted e-reader but the writing is good, some I want to quote! " -- as only the mad or the deluded smile when death comes to claim them." Pontius, in this story -finds himself moving from the victim of Roman politics and religion to the victim of a sinister circumstance and THEN we meet another creep. I always found Caligula, in non-fiction lore to be a very distasteful figure in history - Mr. Coones captures that effectively in this story. Those who don't take an inkling to Roman history or religion even, won't be lost as to what's going on ;-) You can be a fan of horror, historical fiction, dark literature - and you'll probably still enjoy the book. I know I did. I read it in 2 hours. One of the few books in my e-reader that I'll get around to reading again in a couple of months - to re-acquaint myself for the next book Coones will have for this character, Absolom Rex.
- Fifteen
on May 08, 2011
I agree with David. Said ending made me exclaim aloud, "Oh that's effed up!" Good writing! ;-)