Vermin edition by Adrienne Silcock Literature Fiction eBooks
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Gloria Eden, known as ‘Glory’, is a semi-literate, middle-aged woman living on the edge – a bag-lady. Her world is that of urban dereliction and social vermin – drop-outs, misfits, the homeless. Her redeeming feature is the abundant energy with which she confronts a seemingly hopeless situation, often turning what might appear to be suffering and misery into comedy. Then, unexpectedly, she comes to the rescue of a young boy, Darren, who has run away from home. Soon they are both on the run from the powers-that-be. In her debut novel, Adrienne Silcock enters the mind of this enterprising anarchic survivor and gives her a voice forged from vernacular speech at its most vigorous.
Vermin edition by Adrienne Silcock Literature Fiction eBooks
Because you should never judge a book by it’s cover.Disclaimer- This review may contain some slight spoilers- though by no means gives away the ending!
Poor ol’ Glory has not had an easy go of it. Seems her lot in life is one of a victim, abuse and misunderstanding following her as she goes. In Vermin, we find our main character a self-proclaimed bag-lady of sorts, with a penchant for booze, poor social skills and a humble, hidden case of illiteracy.
Once she left an obviously displeasing life behind, Glory fell into the cracks of our imperfect world to be ostracized and condemned to the common mistreatment that those who find themselves not-so-well-off tend to fall. And her anxiety towards social contact does little to help her situation.
Her only family, known only to the reader as ‘sis’ and is neither concerned nor caring as one would think a sister should be. At times, she’s downright rude and nasty, so I’m not even going to grant her any more time in this review.
Glory’s one friend, Jim, is very mercurial, one day full of conversation and the next not to be bothered but for a friendly wave of acknowledgement so Glory can be sure she’s done nothing wrong. Jim ends up being the best friend Glory has, the only one she can count on, and the only one who tries to help her out.
When pawing through the trash one afternoon, Glory meets a new, rather unconventional friend in the form of Darren, a young boy. Darren manages to pilfer a few prime picks for Glory when nobody’s looking, and the two quickly hit it off. It doesn’t take long though, before Glory realizes that Darren has secrets of his own, and demons with which she’s familiar.
Perhaps Glory relates so well to Darren because in so many ways, she seems to be stuck in the same developmental age as he does. Regardless, Vermin delves into many topics that are so often ignored today. The story can easily fall into a nature vs nurture debate- how easily certain things could’ve been addressed for both Glory and Darren with just a little love! Or, looked at from another angle- does the stereotype one gets accused of long enough find a way to stick? Surely if you demand something of someone for a long enough time they will eventually deliver, and even believe it themselves. Or is it simply a matter of erasing pre-conceived notions of how we treat people and to look a bit deeper. With Vermin, I can say it’s all of these and more. I felt this story, felt the good, and the bad. The happiness, the shame. Even the disheartened acceptance.
A handful of short-stories grace the end of this book, each well-written and relating (although some more than others) towards the theme of Vermin. Overall, I felt Vermin was a well-written and executed piece, and it’ll leave the reader with an entirely new perspective.
Reviewed on behalf of The Review Board
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Vermin edition by Adrienne Silcock Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Because you should never judge a book by it’s cover.
Disclaimer- This review may contain some slight spoilers- though by no means gives away the ending!
Poor ol’ Glory has not had an easy go of it. Seems her lot in life is one of a victim, abuse and misunderstanding following her as she goes. In Vermin, we find our main character a self-proclaimed bag-lady of sorts, with a penchant for booze, poor social skills and a humble, hidden case of illiteracy.
Once she left an obviously displeasing life behind, Glory fell into the cracks of our imperfect world to be ostracized and condemned to the common mistreatment that those who find themselves not-so-well-off tend to fall. And her anxiety towards social contact does little to help her situation.
Her only family, known only to the reader as ‘sis’ and is neither concerned nor caring as one would think a sister should be. At times, she’s downright rude and nasty, so I’m not even going to grant her any more time in this review.
Glory’s one friend, Jim, is very mercurial, one day full of conversation and the next not to be bothered but for a friendly wave of acknowledgement so Glory can be sure she’s done nothing wrong. Jim ends up being the best friend Glory has, the only one she can count on, and the only one who tries to help her out.
When pawing through the trash one afternoon, Glory meets a new, rather unconventional friend in the form of Darren, a young boy. Darren manages to pilfer a few prime picks for Glory when nobody’s looking, and the two quickly hit it off. It doesn’t take long though, before Glory realizes that Darren has secrets of his own, and demons with which she’s familiar.
Perhaps Glory relates so well to Darren because in so many ways, she seems to be stuck in the same developmental age as he does. Regardless, Vermin delves into many topics that are so often ignored today. The story can easily fall into a nature vs nurture debate- how easily certain things could’ve been addressed for both Glory and Darren with just a little love! Or, looked at from another angle- does the stereotype one gets accused of long enough find a way to stick? Surely if you demand something of someone for a long enough time they will eventually deliver, and even believe it themselves. Or is it simply a matter of erasing pre-conceived notions of how we treat people and to look a bit deeper. With Vermin, I can say it’s all of these and more. I felt this story, felt the good, and the bad. The happiness, the shame. Even the disheartened acceptance.
A handful of short-stories grace the end of this book, each well-written and relating (although some more than others) towards the theme of Vermin. Overall, I felt Vermin was a well-written and executed piece, and it’ll leave the reader with an entirely new perspective.
Reviewed on behalf of The Review Board
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