Review of No Dark Clouds

Taana Ueh · Post by **Taana Ueh** » 23 Dec 2021, 06:02

[Following is a volunteer review of "No Dark Clouds" by R W Nelson.]

3 out of 4 stars

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Beggar Boy is a character you'll love to meet- fierce, courageous, ingenious, kind and sad. Having had an unpleasantly rough experience with his master, Beggar Boy is determined to take care of himself all alone and that includes taking care of his ego. Although miserly, no one attacks his face filled with scars and goes scot-free, not even royal blood!

No Dark Clouds is a phrase featured in Aditya's beautifully composed song. What she makes up for in vocal prowess, she lacks in height. She's a songstress with metaphyseal dysplasia, owned and mistreated by a gruesomely wicked taskmaster. Aditya is not the only possession of Herminius as he makes a living off five other disabled children who are his slaves. Beggar boy meets these children and their lives take a significant turn.

No Dark Clouds by R W Nelson is a Christian historical fiction that accounts for the passion, crucifixion, death and ascension of Jesus. This book gives life to some other historical figures as well as seven adolescent beggars. The passion of Jesus is made passion-filled in this fiction as we learn about the heartbreaking betrayal of an individual who did no one wrong. Existing was His only crime.

Firstly, this author does know how to communicate a lot of feelings in one fictional piece. I felt a lot of anger and sadness reading this book. Why would anyone hate a blameless individual that way? Why would anyone treat young children as material acquisitions made to generate wealth? This was a sad story. However, for a sad story, Beggar Boy and his colleagues brought a lot of humor and excitement to this book. The excitingly evil acts he carried out on his adversaries, his imitation of elites and his time out with his friends brought smiles to my face. This was indeed a roller coaster of emotions.

I don't know if I could use one paragraph to talk about the suspense and action created in this book. It was really exciting to read about some commando moves and scenes. This heightened the suspense and brought an unexpected feel to this book. Still on suspense, I was more than surprised to realize that a piece of information I sought after was only revealed way after the middle, more like at the ending. It was more appealing as this twist changed a lot of things. Because of this, I think this book would still be exciting even after the first read. If anything, you would take out more time to appreciate the effort the author put into creating this suspense now that you know the full story.

I did think there was a little exaggeration or overdone plots. A girl who's deaf from birth and doesn't have a background of schooling is healed and can hear. For someone just receiving her hearing ability, I felt the writer endowed her with a little bit too many abilities. I found this funny but it added to my excitement so I can't say I disliked it that much.

This book was everything the writer wanted to achieve. It's such a great read and it's painful to deduct a star because it wasn't professionally edited. I'll rate it 3 out of 4 stars because I came across some errors. Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading it.

Unlike most Christian books which can only have a faith-based audience, I think a great part of this book would be suitable for most historical fiction lovers. Obviously, this is a great read for Christians. In addition, if you love to feel raw emotions while reading books, I'll recommend this to you.

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beauri21 · Post by **beauri21** » 07 Jan 2022, 23:27

From your review, I can see this book is a religious piece with a difference. Definitely a story anyone would enjoy irrespective of one's religious belief. Would love to read it soon.