Lives: Perception is Reality

by JJ McMoon

Overview

A prom queen turned lot lizard. A floundering jock. A devil-worshipping rock star. An assassin and the FBI agent tracking him. A jilted girlfriend and a telepathic psychopath. Coincidence is bringing them all together, but for what purpose? Hailed as "Stand by Me" for the new millennium, "Lives" will leave you questioning your own coincidences for a long time to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982609439
Publisher:	Virtual Everything Press
Publication date:	06/01/2010
Pages:	323
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

In another review Lives is hailed as "...Stand by Me for the new millennium", and the comparison is certainly legitimate. All of the characters in Lives share a gritty and sometimes tragic realism with those in Stephen King's novella, The Body (from which Stand By Me was adapted). There is also the similar theme of life paths being set along a single course and the sometimes-futile desire to alter that path. While the author is admittedly a fan of King's, and his work has a similar feel (especially King's early work) his voice is all his own. The characters in Lives are fresh and multi-layered, drawing on the whole kaleidoscope of human emotion, and as it happens in real life, the conclusions are not always neat and tidy. I highly recommend this rich tapestry of character study, the effects of choice and the sometimes harsh judgment of fate.
— www.simplepleasuresbooksandgifts.com

Brenda Seward

Lives falls under the Young Adult (YA) genre. While the tales can certainly be enjoyed by adults, young and old, the strong language and graphic depiction of certain scenes may not be appropriate for early teens or younger.

The stories and characters are crafted in a raw, no-holds-barred manner that keeps them embedded in your mind long after the page is turned.
— The Richmond Examiner

Margaret Oleska