this was a fun read. the author has a self-depreciating sense of humour that took a while to shake loose, but peeks out more often as the story progresses. he also has a good grasp of "and if that wasn’t enough, see what’s headed our way now" that i quite enjoyed. the action never lets up.

warning: if you’re religiously sensitive, i wouldn’t jump to recommend this for you as it may leave you shaking with self-righteous fury. but if you’re up for some fiction with entertainment value, take a gander at ‘madilon’.

i’m not crazy about ‘gay themed’ stories as i have found they generally degenerate into low-grade porn with a dash of angst and plastic identity-theft. this is not one of those. while our hero – and many of the extras – are most assuredly gay, lewdness and gratuitous graphics are kept out. these are pretty much real people.

our hero has a history. a long one. and we catch glimpses of this as he encounters various people. some of these stories beg to be told and in this case, less-is-more works well. i look forward to begging for these side stories soon . . . 

there are a few things i didn’t enjoy. navigation on the site isn’t the easiest. if you take a few minutes to figure it out, it’s not that difficult, but as a new reader i could easily pass up reading on because i couldn’t find my way to the next page. the book is divided into named chapters under the ‘story guide’ in the side column and each chapter is divided into short episodes. these episodes don’t have their own links on the side column and it took reading through the first chapter to realise that the next title in the story guide wasn’t a new story altogether. not a terrible thing, but something that could possibly be improved. perhaps use a different label like ‘chapters’ for the not-so-bright-crayons-in-the-box like me. links to the next episode were at first difficult to see, being small and light grey at the top of each episode. perhaps make these links easier to see and move/copy them to the end of each episode.

the author’s home language is not english and it is apparent. spelling errors appear frequently and the syntax is often jarring. the meaning was never lost however and the story moved forward well enough, but perhaps a quick edit for the obvious would be a good idea.

despite this, i think the story was great light entertainment and kept me amused for a while. i look forward to reading the next episode and see what else the author can throw in our hero’s path.

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