{"id":12713,"date":"2019-03-04T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2019-02-24T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T04:30:05","slug":"review-jimmy-the-freak-charles-colyott-mark-steensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-jimmy-the-freak-charles-colyott-mark-steensland\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Jimmy the Freak by Charles Colyott and Mark Steensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-jimmy-the-freak-charles-colyott-mark-steensland\/jtf_front\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JTF_FRONT.jpg?fit=432%2C629&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"432,629\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JTF_FRONT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JTF_FRONT.jpg?fit=432%2C629&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12714\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JTF_FRONT-240x350.jpg?resize=240%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JTF_FRONT.jpg?resize=240%2C350&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JTF_FRONT.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 85vw, 240px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/thunderstormbooks.com\/thunderstorm\/book\/jimmy-the-freak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jimmy the Freak\u00a0<\/em>by Charles Colyott and Mark Steensland<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Thunderstorm Books (March 2019)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>$40 limited edition hardcover<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From beginning to end, this limited edition novella is something special. \u00a0Care is given to every word, beginning with this beautiful opening line&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #686868; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic;\">There&#8217;s something magical about it, Mike thinks, watching the fat flakes of snow appear from a sky black as the void.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What made the falling snow even more special was&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #686868; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic;\">Jimmy&#8217;s face. It was a bit like seeing a five-year old&#8217;s grin plastered on a 30-something-year-old&#8217;s face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jimmy the Freak<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about Mike, and the seemingly mentally challenged Jimmy and the obstacles they overcome. The opening chapter sees the two venture into a snowstorm to visit a local convenience store where something very unusual occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a wonderful buddy book. There are real difficulties involved in taking care of a mentally challenged man with powers some may want to abuse. In \u00a0some ways, though, I wondered who was taking care of whom in this delightful story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charming, thrilling, and so original. By the way, I&#8217;ve taken the liberty of giving <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jimmy the Freak<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the subtitle <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wanna Build a Snowman?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you read it, you&#8217;ll gt it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100% recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy the Freak\u00a0by Charles Colyott and Mark Steensland Thunderstorm Books (March 2019) $40 limited edition hardcover Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington From beginning to end, this limited edition novella is something special. \u00a0Care is given to every word, beginning with this beautiful opening line&#8230; There&#8217;s something magical about it, Mike thinks, watching the fat flakes of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-jimmy-the-freak-charles-colyott-mark-steensland\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Jimmy the Freak by Charles Colyott and Mark Steensland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[312,1683,1682,1684,79,1405],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-frank-michaels-errington","tag-charles-colyott","tag-jimmy-the-freak","tag-mark-steensland","tag-reviews","tag-thunderstorm-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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