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So, apparently, I am treading new ground on the Heap by writing a book review. For this reason, and this reason alone, I ask that you go easy on me.

I’ll start by saying that the fact I finished this book should be looked at as somewhat of a miracle. You see, when I read a book, if I don’t start and finish it within a week or two… it will never happen. Owen Noone and the Marauder broke that terrible chain. I hope, in this review, I can show you why.

To give you the broad generalization about the book, I will say this – Owen Noone And The Marauder is a tale of love, loss, adventure, misadventure, and… music.

The book begins with an introduction to the Marauder. Throughout the majority of the book, we never find out what the Marauder’s real name is. Even with this, you never notice that you don’t know his real name until it is revealed near the end of the book. Shortly into the book, we are introduced to Owen Noone, a spontaneous semi-pro baseball player. This is where I will stop telling you how the story goes…

Owen Noone and the Marauder is, quite simply, one of the most engaging books I have read. As I stated before, it’s a story of adventure and music – Indie-Punk-Folk to be exact. It’s a tale of two friends traveling across the States and learning more about themselves then they could have ever imagined in the process.

All I can really say about this book is that it brings back my dreams and aspirations of yesteryear… when I used to think traveling the world in a rock band was possible. I think almost every person who picks up a guitar, and is serious about it, has had dreams about touring the world. Clearly not everyone can do this. Owen Noone and the Marauder allows you to dream a little bit.

One thing I find strange about the book is that it is broken up into two parts. Part One is written in chapters, whereas Part Two is not; it’s just one big chapter. This caused a bit of concern for me at first, as I am a reader who likes to stop at natural breaks (aka chapters). One large chapter makes this difficult.

To wrap this up, I will say this: Owen Noone and the Marauder should be optioned as a film.

I realize in saying this that if it ever happened, I would probably be very disappointed in the resulting product, and it would ruin the imaginary world you get caught up in while reading. But I would love to have a copy of this fantastic story that I could move through in two hours or less.

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