 Dancennnnnnnnnnnnnn Thinks we should have a rough day Dan Bah bah bah ah Hello everybody Ian here welcome back to another book review today we are talking about West Lake Soul by Real Youres As I've come to know him ZouLander Look at that face man He's doing the blue magnum or whatever the hell's called Blue Frost what is that name I think it's blue Magnum Name Ben Stiller Zoolander. Yeah, I know what I'm talking about So, yeah, I read first off. Thank you so much to Wayne Fenlon who sent me this book He's a good friend of mine really really good dude Send it all the way from across the pond. Thank you again. I'm super glad you did this book is Amazing at first. I didn't know what to think about it So to read names like dr. Thinker and or mr. Thinker dr. Thinker dr. Quietus And his dude was a superhero, but he was stuck in his own head and now readings What seemed like at first some some pretty silly stuff? Like with him battling, you know this Obviously, it's his like depression or looming death or whatever metaphor it is And then I realized that the book was far deeper than I was giving it credit for so I slowed down and I took my time and I loved every page of it. Um, there is a scene in here with the this the Westlake soul the main character is a Full quadriplegic. He has a little to no brain function He's a hundred percent relies on the care of his mother and father and whatever aid is working With him at the time. I don't want to give too much away about the story, but there's a scene where the new His new caretaker is feeding him and it is oddly erotic I Don't really know how to explain it I've never read anything like it and that's one of the things that I kept on coming her across Page after page with this book is I I'd never read anything like it I am impressed by some of the metaphors and allegory that he used in the book I especially liked the way it ended. I especially I kind of saw it coming, but I especially appreciated that a Lesser author would have taken a I guess a happier route I guess it would have been but some of the some of the stuff that happens in the story really really hit home with me as especially Because there was a point in my life When my wife had to take care of me completely. I wasn't able to walk I wasn't able to go to the bathroom by myself any of that stuff. I was a pretty young dude and Shell if you guys watch the isn't nasties You have you've met her basically She took care of me a hundred percent and you know, she stuck out through all that. She stayed with me And it's funny because that seemed to have brought us even closer together Then you would think something like that might pull you apart, you know having to wipe your man's ass kind of deal And I know that's TMI, but it seems like you know, we're closer now Not even trying to be jotin. They know, you know, of course we're close now. No it seemed to strengthen our relationship and We we both appreciate each other a little bit more. I know I appreciate her But there was a lot of stuff in here that really it Caught me in my feelings so That that's one thing I might be a little biased but from what I from what I've read from from other reviews and other people Pretty much everybody thinks this book is fantastic The main thing I want to express it here is you're not going to come across another story like this period The back of the book doesn't do it justice. This is not a story about a superhero I went in here with with the wrong expectations right out the bat Which was expecting some kind of superhero story about maybe he uses the dog as like his He like a puppet kind of thing where he he turns a dog into a superhero I don't know what exactly I was thinking but I was expecting a straightforward superhero story With him against a villain kind of deal and that's nothing That's do not expect that at all if you go to read this book What you are going to get you're going to get a very touching story that relies very heavily on Emotion and sympathy and empathy to progress the story farther Now there is what what's his name wane the fucktard. Um, there there is a villain of sorts Other than the dr. Quietus character Which was very well used but wane the fucktard kind of gives you somebody to to focus in on That's what he's called in the book is wane the fucktard And you of course you feel bad for The his new caretaker. Um, I can't remember her name and I've been bouncing around I can't remember. It's Yvette Yolanda Esmeralda something like that She's quebecos. I remember that much. I'm just really really terrible with names I know that fat any his original caretaker ends up quitting But the thing that I I really wasn't expecting was the twist halfway through the book Where you finally get the plot of the narrative you get the point of the story and that hit me hard Also, I'm like, well damn. I can't imagine being in the parents situation I can't imagine being in westlake situation. I can't imagine any that stuff and I was I was at I was held My attention was peaked and I was there showing up every day trying to read and Oddly enough trying to read as little as possible to make the book last as long as I could So this is an easy five star read. I want to thank wane My friend, I want to thank you so much again for sending me the book because I likely never would have read it Otherwise from what I understand it's no longer in publication So it's not it might be floating around there in the second hand market, of course, but I don't think it's out anymore I don't think you can get it at all If I'm wrong about that, let me know down in the doobly-doo Especially let me know if you guys have read it and what you think of it I'd especially like to hear from someone who didn't Like it. Um, and I'd like to know why not just hey, you suck No, I don't want to hear that I want to hear why you didn't like it I especially like to see that point of view because I can't imagine Anybody disliking this book, but until next time. I have an e you've been you this has been another book review I'll talk to you guys later. Bye. Bye. Yeah, so the name is Yvette Also, I'm going to be going into spoilers here at the end if you don't know how we do here at the end after the outro I talk about spoilers for those of you guys out there who like to hear about the spoilers Before you've read the book or if you've already read the book and you want to discuss things You want to hear my thoughts on certain aspects? The scene where she's feeding him and it's almost like a sex scene While she's feeding him through the feeding tube. I'd never read anything like that before never seen anything like it. It was fantastic um, I also like the It really hit me hard when I realized I came to a realization when Westlake came to the realization That they were just going to let him die that they were going to pull the plug basically And stop feeding him and just let him starve to death. It's like holy shit. I can't imagine um, and like I said in the in the The review at the beginning of the video. I can't imagine Having to go through that having to make that decision Um, you're you're not in you're not in someone else. You're not in someone's head. You don't know what they're going through How can any of us ever make that decision? Uh, you know, there's there's that idea um, it's it's kind of like thinking about uh, you know The death penalty none of us unless there's actual video evidence Um that someone did it you never know, you know, it was there good reason even if there is Video evidence was there a good reason for someone to have killed somebody that kind of thing? Um, you know even beyond a shadow of a doubt There's always a little bit of shadow of doubt because you don't know what's going on in that person's head That kind of thing it just it really it really bothered me on on a deep level thinking about Um, holy shit, you know, how many how many families did I talk to? When I was uh working in a hospital setting going, you know, it that would you want to live like this kind of thing? I mean, would you want to die? You know, that's that's a hell of a question Um, and it's also a hell of a burden to put on someone especially Especially parents, you know, do you let your child live in that situation? Or you know, do you Let them pass on or whatever? Um, it's it's very and you know went into religion Comes into it. You know, do you especially want them to pass on because you know, you expect them to go to heaven What if they don't share the same beliefs kind of thing? You know, there's so many questions were asked Um, once I realized that this wasn't your typical superhero story I my My enjoyment of the story went through the roof. Um, in fact Calling it, you know a superhero story on the back I think limits the idea of the story And it could possibly upset some people that show up expecting a superhero story It'd be like, you know expecting a horn story and then you end up getting like a romance or something That's almost how severe this is But there are really cool scenes of action and suspense and whatnot. It's just it's not real. It's all happening in this dude's head Um But yeah, I think if that was a it was a terrific character Um, so it was west lake Everybody was well thought was well fleshed out except for maybe the sister niki I didn't get a real good feel for her But mom and dad, uh, dad's confession, you know about him cheating and whatnot early on and how he felt That he was being punished for that so many great emotional scenes in this book I I'm I'm shocked. I'm shocked that I hadn't heard more about it. I know who real real Ewers is the hours whatever the hell his name is. Um, I've I've seen his name all over the place the forgotten girl You know all that stuff. I've seen his name all over the place if you're on Twitter as an author or a reader he he's bound to have popped up at some point in time But I had no idea this book existed. So again, Wayne, thank you so much for sending it man I really can't thank you enough. Um, and I will be forever indebted to you for you Having sent this because this is now probably one of my favorite books of all time