Did I read this book or maybe I only dreamed I did? How do I know I’m not still dreaming I’m
writing this review? Perhaps the coffee
I’m sipping is my reality check that I’m awake and writing this review, because
everyone knows how difficult it is to sleep when your drinking coffee.
These are the tools Pat Clor uses for his juxtaposition of dimensional
thought, his dancing through ontological realities, the twisting and spinning of
cyclical logic. Pat Clor masterfully
uses a character, Cindy Stark, a 12 year old girl from an imaginary world to
personify his reality check in his extraordinary work of literary genius, The Reason We’re Waiting. Cindy is
Clor’s “Alice” and Pangaea is where she lives, in “Wonderland.” Clor is like Lewis Carroll writing his doctorate
thesis in Parmenides’ Greek philosophy course. How Pat Clor taps into this amount of mental energy is beyond me, as his
writing is so clear and creative I find it massaging my intellect while
tickling my imagination. I would never
imagine making the comment The Reason
We’re Waiting, at over 770 pages, “flew by.”
Pat Clor created a character who is a janitor in Walmart to
narrate his epic story. That in itself
has shock value to the reader as to how a janitor can become so consciously self-actualized. The
story is a metaphor of fantasy, with fanciful characters running rampant. But the underlying meaning “peels the onion”
on perception, of human existence, social and moral values, and most all aspects
of life as we understand it, or rather how we misunderstand it. Just as Albert Einstein would use the analogy
of a man on a train, traveling at the speed of light, walking to the front of
the train is actually traveling faster than the speed of light, Pat Clor uses
Cindy Stark, her family, the world she lives in to represent our misconceived
human awareness.
It is impossible for me to adequately describe this book,
but let me say that it is brilliant and refreshing. For me, The Reason We’re Waiting is simply for
those who wish to gain a better understanding of themselves and their
surroundings. This book, exceptional in its quality, is an excellent choice to
get you started on that interminable journey towards the ever so elusive Truth.
Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for the cerebral
ride-of-your life because Pat Clor does not hold back any punches. The Reason We’re Waiting is blatantly
crude at times bordering on obscene, as Pat Clor gets down close and personal
with his readers as no one is immune from his powerful literary license laced
with stormy violent moments, discomforting criticism and upsetting
visualizations. If you can’t take it,
don’t read it. If you go through it, it
will change you. The choice is
yours. I would recommend a disclaimer
needing to be signed before reading along with this -- Caution: Serious mental and
physical reactions may occur. Read The Reason
We’re Waiting at your own risk.
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