Review by Rave4 -- Naked Truth by Carrie Hayes
Posted: 04 Aug 2020, 09:12
[Following is a volunteer review of "Naked Truth" by Carrie Hayes.]
Naked Truth or Equallity the Forbidden Fruit written by Carrie Hayes is a novel about two sisters who lived in a time where women were invisible, had no opinions and were treated as dolls meant only to give pleasure, and their outrageously bold attempts to change the status quo.
Set in 19th century America just after the civil war, Tennesse and her sister Victoria are remarkably gifted spiritualist. Groomed from a tender age by their father Reuben Buckman Claflin, to perform seances and readings , they grow up to become quite popular and well sought after clairvoyants with Tennessee the star, until her client dies despite her healing ministrations and she is charged with manslaughter. Rescued by her sister Victoria and her husband the whole family is then forced to relocate to New York where they intend to have a new beginning.
Tennessee then meets commander Vanderbilt whom she performs her magnetic healing therapy for and greatly impressed with her skills. They soon become lovers meanwhile, Victoria decides to become a woman activist and despite the disapproval she gets from most of her colleagues for not being a proper lady, she goes even further to run for the presidency. And then the challenges start coming, slowly at first , then at breathtaking pace. From the problems that could possibly arise when five sisters, their children, Victoria's husband and their parents live together to the backlash gotten from a society that was not ready for Victoria and her profane idealogy called free love, her scandalous lifestyle and Tennessee who must make sacrifices for her sister's ambitions, battle with a strange kind of skin disease, earn respect in a world where there were few for women and find happiness.
This book, it's seemingly exciting plot notwithstanding, is greatly undone by a number of factors. First, this novel is so poorly edited that it makes it a very difficult reading, coupled with numerous grammatical errors, getting through just a chapter would be no little accomplishment.
Also, the dialogues are often too shallow and sometimes got me wondering their relevance to the story. Finally mid way in the story, one cannot help but sense that the author lost a grasp of the plot and just had to end it somewhere . I got lost as well only to find myself at the end of the story. A simpler plot would have been easier for the author to handle. The unnecessary complications did more harm than good, resulting in a very long boring book that could turn out to be a test of patience rather than a source of entertainment.
I will rate this book a 1 out of 4. I think a lot still need to be done about this novel. I still believe this book has the potential to be a great novel if only the necessary corrections are made. I would like to see this book again after all necessary corrections have been made.
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Naked Truth
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Naked Truth or Equallity the Forbidden Fruit written by Carrie Hayes is a novel about two sisters who lived in a time where women were invisible, had no opinions and were treated as dolls meant only to give pleasure, and their outrageously bold attempts to change the status quo.
Set in 19th century America just after the civil war, Tennesse and her sister Victoria are remarkably gifted spiritualist. Groomed from a tender age by their father Reuben Buckman Claflin, to perform seances and readings , they grow up to become quite popular and well sought after clairvoyants with Tennessee the star, until her client dies despite her healing ministrations and she is charged with manslaughter. Rescued by her sister Victoria and her husband the whole family is then forced to relocate to New York where they intend to have a new beginning.
Tennessee then meets commander Vanderbilt whom she performs her magnetic healing therapy for and greatly impressed with her skills. They soon become lovers meanwhile, Victoria decides to become a woman activist and despite the disapproval she gets from most of her colleagues for not being a proper lady, she goes even further to run for the presidency. And then the challenges start coming, slowly at first , then at breathtaking pace. From the problems that could possibly arise when five sisters, their children, Victoria's husband and their parents live together to the backlash gotten from a society that was not ready for Victoria and her profane idealogy called free love, her scandalous lifestyle and Tennessee who must make sacrifices for her sister's ambitions, battle with a strange kind of skin disease, earn respect in a world where there were few for women and find happiness.
This book, it's seemingly exciting plot notwithstanding, is greatly undone by a number of factors. First, this novel is so poorly edited that it makes it a very difficult reading, coupled with numerous grammatical errors, getting through just a chapter would be no little accomplishment.
Also, the dialogues are often too shallow and sometimes got me wondering their relevance to the story. Finally mid way in the story, one cannot help but sense that the author lost a grasp of the plot and just had to end it somewhere . I got lost as well only to find myself at the end of the story. A simpler plot would have been easier for the author to handle. The unnecessary complications did more harm than good, resulting in a very long boring book that could turn out to be a test of patience rather than a source of entertainment.
I will rate this book a 1 out of 4. I think a lot still need to be done about this novel. I still believe this book has the potential to be a great novel if only the necessary corrections are made. I would like to see this book again after all necessary corrections have been made.
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Naked Truth
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon