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Soon Come

Alan Dayno
Outskirts Press (2010)
ISBN 9781432758622
Reviewed by Charline Ratcliff for RebeccasReads (7/11)

Initially I had a difficult time reading “Soon Come” by Alan Dayno. The sentences and paragraphs were extremely verbose. The grammar, terminology and way of speaking were also quite different than what I’m used to seeing in print. After reading the first few pages I set the book down in order to mull over Dayno’s rather difficult and different writing style.

I found I had to look at Dayno’s book from the aspect of where the story is set, Jamaica, which finally made things “click” for me. Having myself never been to Jamaica its style of speaking is definitely alien to me. Unfortunately, the way that “Soon Come” is written might also present a challenge to other readers who, like me, have no first hand experience with that “island lingo.” Hopefully, if this happens, Dayno’s readers will be able to understand this book’s tale by looking at the aspect of where “Soon Come’s” story is set rather than how unusual the writing style is. Once I was able to understand Dayno’s writing style I did find it was easier to read the book and for the most part I was able to enjoy it.

In summary “Soon Come” has, within its pages, a complicated story of love and hate, friendship and romance, tangled relationships and ultimately murder. Add to that the complexities of being on an island where it seems everyone can trace their lineage back to each other, throw a huge cultural divide into the mix, adversity and man’s overall greed and I guess things like betrayal and murder could become commonplace and not such a surprising ending.

In closing, I found “Soon Come” to be an engaging read. The author, Alan Dayno, has definitely written this book with a Jamaican flair. It is also obvious from his writing style that Dayno has spent enough time there to allow him to write this story with an authentic Jamaican feel right down to some of the island superstitions. This is definitely an insightful book into their culture and I would recommend “Soon Come” to anyone who enjoys reading fiction, intrigue, murder and mystery that reads more realistically than not.

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