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25 Dec 2011, 10:40 AM | Post: #1

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Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin by David Wailing

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Well, what can I say - apart from "Marvellous" Clapping hands

This is the story of "Scott" who is a relationship assassin, ie someone who ruins a relationship for payment. He starts off quite cocky, but as the story unfolds he becomes more human. As with Fake Kate there's a lot about identity.

I really like David's writing. It is simple and flowing and just a joy to read. I hate discovering fresh new authors as there's no back catalogue for me to devour Tongue

. I am officially a massive Wailing fan.

If you liked Fake Kate, you'll love this. Thumbs Up

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Okie Doke... here's mine Smile

After reading and enjoying Fake Kate I was itching for more and once I found out this was in the offing and read the blurb on Mr Wailing's website, I knew it was something I wanted to read.
I got hold of it whilst in the middle of a long slow book and was going to wait til I finished that, but that didn't happen, sacked off that book and started this one. All would have been good had I not started reading it last night at half nine. Next time I looked at my clock it was half one and way past sleepy-time!! The book was so easy to read and had grabbed me from the first page, time just flew away from me.
Finished it tonight and to put it bluntly, had a blast. Away from the story, which you will have to read yourself (trust me it's worth it) there was a mini-tour through the 80s, bizarre how I was talking about Falco at work this morning - spooky!
I love the idea about masks, identity and pasts, and I thought Mr Wailing covered this well in Fake Kate, but boy did he do it better in Bang. I also like the humour in the book, the little one-liners that make you smile and often had me giggling out loud as well as the sarcastic quips. The characters are well fleshed out and I wouldn't be surprised if Mr Wailing does a wee bit of people watching for research into the dialogue, mannerisms and scene setting. The storyline is original, quirky, well explained and perfectly believable. The whole reading experience left me perfectly satisfied.

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05 Jan 2012, 01:26 PM | Post: #3

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Utterly blown away by both of these very kind reviews. THANK YOU!!! Groovy

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This is a review of Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin a story by David Wailing

Once again David Wailing presents the reader with a fast paced and interesting tale, this time about a man whose job is to (in his own words) 'kill relationships stone dead'. Scott Rowley, the protagonist, uses a variety of 'masks' to present himself as different characters to his victims. Often these characters have recognisable origins, for example 'Simon Templar', 'Jack Carter' and real-life porn star 'John Holmes', though each has little or nothing in common with their namesake, other than just their name.

Scott works to his own 'rules'. He never gets involved unless he believes the relationship is already compromised, but soon he begins to question the motives of those who are providing him with work. Add to this the addition of a female version of himself, and a job where they have to break up a celebrity couple, and the action really starts.

All David Wailing's stories revolve around relationships, and this is no exception. It has everything, action, fun, pathos, sex, laughter and tears. A truly rollercoaster-ride from beginning to end. 5 Stars.

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05 Jun 2012, 09:50 PM | Post: #5

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Quaser, a huge THANK YOU for this! It seems to have really appealed to you and entertained you, and no writer can ever ask for more than that. I'm dead chuffed! Thumbs Up

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06 Jun 2012, 05:26 PM | Post: #6

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RE: Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin by David Wailing

David, great reviews - I presume that good reviews (and plenty of 'em) are the real deal-breaker when it comes to getting on Pixel of Ink, ENT etc?

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06 Jun 2012, 05:44 PM | Post: #7

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RE: Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin by David Wailing

Scribbler, yes I think it certainly helps! The promotional blogs and websites are often much pickier nowadays than they were back when the Select programme first began. I suppose one reason is the sheer volume of free books out there, and also they want to try and deliver high quality offers to their readers. ENT makes this very clear:

Quote: The books that will be posted will be the books with the highest ratings and the most reviews. If your book has a small number of reviews (0 – 2) we probably will not post it. If your book has low ratings (below 4.0) we most likely won’t post it.

We will not repost a free book within 30 days of the previous free book posting. Also, to give variety to our readers we will limit the number of times we post the same book to 2 times every 90 days.

This does seem a little harsh, since there are plenty of good reads out there with less than a 4 star average and only a few reviews. But since it's a free service they're providing, I suppose we have to play by their rules.

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RE: Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin by David Wailing

Hmm, no ratings below 4.0, eh? That's pretty stringent, but they are one of the 'biggies' so they can afford to be picky. Hey ho, I may get on there myself... one day!

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06 Jun 2012, 07:25 PM | Post: #9

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Just keep writing, I'm sure you will! We all had to start with nobody knowing us at all.

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You mean nobody knows me? Bugger. How did that happen?

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