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Review by Valecordero -- The Spirit of Want
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Spirit of Want" by William H. Coles.]
Official Review: The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles
The book was above my expectations. From its cover, I honestly thought this was a tiresome story of a woman falling in love with another man, leaving her husband hanging behind. But, as it is often said, never judge a book by its cover. And it is true. The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles is a story of love, betrayal, and a lot of drama that just intrigued me until its last page.
Lucy, an adopted child and successful lawyer, is a woman with complicated emotions. She marries Luke, a high-profile surgeon. However, her life is sparked by quite poor decisions, which basically ruined her existence. At the end of the day, we are all captains of our own ships. We must deal with our own decisions and life’s consequences no matter how bad they are. All the time and without excuses. Lucy is a clear example of it.
She soon falls in love with one of her clients, an evangelist who is accused of sexually offending an underage girl. Lucy starts seeing him secretly and ultimately jeopardizing her career. She desperately craves for his sex throughout the whole book. She is so sexually thirsty for him that she realizes that she cannot live without that passion, and she relinquishes everything and everyone around her.
As written in the book when she arrives in Africa to be with him: “My God, how she missed him. It was beyond reason. How could she be in love with a preacher, a philanderer, a stubborn, opinionated bully with deceitful charm? He was ruggedly handsome with gross features, loud and inappropriate times, and often untrustworthy. Why couldn’t she just be without him, let her life go on? And why was she travelling in the wilds of Africa to be with him? Well, he had seized her thoughts. Why didn’t she miss her family more? It was sinful. She rarely thoughts of their dull existence, their chronically compromised lives. […] His lovemaking was rough and all about him, but she craved his passion and his desire for her. It was all touch and smell and sound for him and she loved it – sweaty, bruised, and sometimes bleeding. It was inexplicable when she thought about it like this. It made no sense. But she couldn’t wait”.
However, the book is not just a story about Lucy. It is, indeed, a fusion between stories: Luke, her adopted sister Elizabeth, and her father A.J. All the characters are well developed and different in many ways, with their weaknesses, love, strength, honesty, and hatred. What kept my attention the most was the fact that through all those characters, the author touched several topics, such as abortion, legal matters, religion, adoption, and professional integrity.
The only upside note of the book is that I would have liked the author to smoother the transition where Lucy moves to Africa, instead of beginning a new chapter with her already landing in Ghana. I would have wished the author to better explain her decision to move to another continent, what her thoughts were, and how she could have told her husband about completely changing her life.
I really enjoyed the story. I, overall, would like to give the book 4 out of 4 stars . I would honesty recommend the book to readers.
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The Spirit of Want
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Official Review: The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles
The book was above my expectations. From its cover, I honestly thought this was a tiresome story of a woman falling in love with another man, leaving her husband hanging behind. But, as it is often said, never judge a book by its cover. And it is true. The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles is a story of love, betrayal, and a lot of drama that just intrigued me until its last page.
Lucy, an adopted child and successful lawyer, is a woman with complicated emotions. She marries Luke, a high-profile surgeon. However, her life is sparked by quite poor decisions, which basically ruined her existence. At the end of the day, we are all captains of our own ships. We must deal with our own decisions and life’s consequences no matter how bad they are. All the time and without excuses. Lucy is a clear example of it.
She soon falls in love with one of her clients, an evangelist who is accused of sexually offending an underage girl. Lucy starts seeing him secretly and ultimately jeopardizing her career. She desperately craves for his sex throughout the whole book. She is so sexually thirsty for him that she realizes that she cannot live without that passion, and she relinquishes everything and everyone around her.
As written in the book when she arrives in Africa to be with him: “My God, how she missed him. It was beyond reason. How could she be in love with a preacher, a philanderer, a stubborn, opinionated bully with deceitful charm? He was ruggedly handsome with gross features, loud and inappropriate times, and often untrustworthy. Why couldn’t she just be without him, let her life go on? And why was she travelling in the wilds of Africa to be with him? Well, he had seized her thoughts. Why didn’t she miss her family more? It was sinful. She rarely thoughts of their dull existence, their chronically compromised lives. […] His lovemaking was rough and all about him, but she craved his passion and his desire for her. It was all touch and smell and sound for him and she loved it – sweaty, bruised, and sometimes bleeding. It was inexplicable when she thought about it like this. It made no sense. But she couldn’t wait”.
However, the book is not just a story about Lucy. It is, indeed, a fusion between stories: Luke, her adopted sister Elizabeth, and her father A.J. All the characters are well developed and different in many ways, with their weaknesses, love, strength, honesty, and hatred. What kept my attention the most was the fact that through all those characters, the author touched several topics, such as abortion, legal matters, religion, adoption, and professional integrity.
The only upside note of the book is that I would have liked the author to smoother the transition where Lucy moves to Africa, instead of beginning a new chapter with her already landing in Ghana. I would have wished the author to better explain her decision to move to another continent, what her thoughts were, and how she could have told her husband about completely changing her life.
I really enjoyed the story. I, overall, would like to give the book 4 out of 4 stars . I would honesty recommend the book to readers.
******
The Spirit of Want
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
Latest Review: The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles
