Review by Bhaskins -- Guardian of Deceit
Authors and publishers are not able to post replies in the review topics.
- Bhaskins
- Posts: 215
- Joined: 03 May 2019, 07:33
- Currently Reading: The Biography of Her
- Bookshelf Size: 73
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-bhaskins.html
- Latest Review: Guardian of Deceit by William H. Coles
Review by Bhaskins -- Guardian of Deceit
Guardian of Deceit by William H. Coles is a book that centers around Darwin, a kid who lost his parents and has been sent to live with his famous football playing cousin. Darwin moves into the mansion of Luther and is immediately unsure of how he is going to meet his goal of becoming a doctor. He begs to be placed in a private school, but Luther doesn’t want to pay for it. Darwin becomes friends with Luthor’s girlfriend, Sweeney and they share many sweet moments. Through his time living with his cousin and beyond he befriends some of the staff at the mansion and he learns many valuable skills that he can apply to make extra cash. He also discovers that sometimes people who are famous and appear to have their lives together often don’t. There is everything from romance to gambling and murder in this book and it has a little of something for everyone.
What I liked most is the development of the characters. We follow Darwin from high school through college and into his adult life. It’s nice to get a sense of the span of how things worked out for this big chunk of time. We saw Darwin struggle with high school, love interests, medical school, and managing life and his own happiness. He becomes close with the staff at his cousin’s house and it helps him develop a sense of what is most important in life. We find at the end that it’s not too late to start over and really go after the things that are most important in life. One of those things for Darwin was finding happiness and not settling for what makes the most sense.
What I disliked most was the ending. While the book went into a nice part of Darwin’s life and experiences, it felt like the end was very abrupt and it didn’t make sense. There were storylines that were not wrapped up in a way that makes me think that possibly the author is going to come out with another book, although nothing was indicating there was going to be more. There were also several errors that detract from the readability of the book. Each chapter heading was mislabeled with extra numbers and would read 1 CHAPTER 2 2 for Chapter 2. Often the title of the book or the author's name would be in mid-sentence as well.
This book is good for anyone who wants an easy to follow quick read. There are a few instances of sexual activity, domestic violence, and murder. This book wouldn't be good for anyone who doesn’t tolerate violence. While not overly graphic, it could be a hard read.
I give Guardian of Deceit 2 out of 4 stars. This book has the potential to be good. It could use another round of editing and I really think there should have been more of an ending. It didn’t feel like it was settled and that major themes in the book were not tied together. Overall it’s a quick and enjoyable read.
******
Guardian of Deceit
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
- Samuel Windybank
- Posts: 209
- Joined: 05 Feb 2020, 16:00
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 23
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-mr-wimbaum.html
- Latest Review: We are Voulhire: Someone Else's End by Matthew Tysz
- azidy
- Posts: 169
- Joined: 11 Jul 2020, 03:55
- Favorite Book: We are Voulhire: The Fires of Virko
- Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Bookshelf Size: 24
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-azidy.html
- Latest Review: We are Voulhire: Someone Else's End by Matthew Tysz
- Sou Hi
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 2364
- Joined: 07 Sep 2019, 09:06
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 154
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-sou-hi.html
- Latest Review: Project Tau by Jude Austin