3 A.M. (Henry Bins Book 1)
by Nick Pirog
Publisher: nickthriller.com
Published: Oct. 8, 2013
ASIN: B00FV4IT7Q
Amazon Synopsis:
Henry
Bins has Henry Bins.
A sleeping disorder, named after him.
He is awake for one hour a day.
He wakes up at 3 a.m. then falls asleep at 4 a.m.
Life is simple.
Until he hears the woman scream.
And sees the man leave the house across the street.
But not just any man.
The President of the United States.
A sleeping disorder, named after him.
He is awake for one hour a day.
He wakes up at 3 a.m. then falls asleep at 4 a.m.
Life is simple.
Until he hears the woman scream.
And sees the man leave the house across the street.
But not just any man.
The President of the United States.
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My Thoughts:
3
A.M. is a book with a very interesting premise. The main character Henry Bins
has a condition named after him as he was the first patient discovered with the
condition with it. This is a condition where the patient is only awake for 1
hour out of every 24. Henry always awakens at 3 a.m. and falls asleep at 4 a.m.
regardless of where he is or what he is doing. He has never been awake during
daylight hours.
But
what kind of trouble can you possibly get into at 3 a.m. in the morning? It
started for Henry when he was looking out the window of his front room and he
heard a scream from a house across the street. Then he saw someone leaving the
house. As the man got into his vehicle he spotted Henry and Henry recognized
the man - the President of the United States!
Henry
couldn't believe it so he had to check things out himself. That's hard to do
with an hour a day. The plot twisted and turned until it buckled in on itself
in resolution. It was a fast-moving story that kept you on your toes paying
close attention.
The
part of the book I enjoyed the most was Henry's relationship with his cat. He
had many conversations with his cat and I found many of them to be quite
humorous, lending levity to the story.
Parts
of the story go back into Henry's childhood explaining what his life was like
as a child who was only awake for an hour out of every 24 in the middle of the
night. This helps gives us insight into Henry's personality. The author did a
good job of helping us characters are not as well developed, but as this is a
novelette, there just wasn't enough time. There is a sequel to 3 A.M. so I
expect that some of the other characters will be more fully fleshed out there.
I
placed this book in the adult category due to the amount of profanity in such a
short book. The profanity was the thing that bothered me the most about this
book. I enjoyed the story well enough, and would love to read the sequels, but
I won’t because of the amount of profanity that I expect to find in them based
on this first book.
Basically
due to the amount of profanity in such a short work I penalized this book a
star. I do not think it is necessary to use profanity to write a good book. I
have therefore given 3 A.M. 3 stars out of 5.
Thank
you to the author for providing a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and
honest review. A positive opinion is not required. All thoughts are my own.
About
the Author:
I
was born in Denver, went to school at Colorado State University, then started
writing in 2003 when I graduated. I knew I wanted to be a writer since I
was around 12, but didn't get around to putting the pen to the paper until
after college.
I
live in a town called Encinitas, about a mile from the beach, with my beautiful
girlfriend Erica and three dogs, Penny, Potter and Mishka.
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