Review of Frustrating Fascination
Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 01:09
[Following is a volunteer review of "Frustrating Fascination" by Debra Mckenzie.]
Frustrating Fascination by Debra Mckenzie is a fiction-based book about the story of Sean, who is the main character in the novel. The book starts with an introduction to the day and life of Sean. We see that Sean is sad about his wife by the name of Marina, who left him for another woman by the name of Vanessa. Also, we get to see other characters in the book like Bruce, who is his childhood best friend and the brother to his wife Marina. The two spent lots of time together during their childhood going out camping, bicycle riding, and joining the Boy Scouts. The two later joined the army where their friendship drifted apart after Bruce was accused of being Gay.
Later ahead in the other chapters of the book, we see that Sean worked in a department store as the manager at the age of forty-five years. At this time Sean is still feeling offended by the actions of Marina, where he feels she betrayed him for leaving him for another woman. This leads Sean to develop hatred for gay people starting with his best friend Bruce and one of his staff members by the name of Alex who was transgender. Sean goes to an antique shop and decides to buy a mirror for his mother's birthday, a decision that will end up changing his whole life.
There are a few positive aspects that I came across during my course of reading the book, One was the humor included by the author in the book. A perfect example is the way the employees referred to Sean as boss Barton. This made the book interesting to read and lifted my mood to a jolly one. It also helped me to properly visualize the environment in the department store creating a better understanding of how the employees and sean related. Finally, I also enjoyed the plot, specifically when the author used the concept of a Parallel universe where another replica version of ourselves exists and has the same life and friends similar to ours here on earth. This concept is fascinating as it is still being debated by the scientific community and is theoretically proven. It, therefore, shows the author did lots of research and is well conversant in this field. I found this book professionally well-edited.
However, I would also like to point out some negative aspects I came across during my course of reading the book. First, I did not like the way the author used complex vocabulary in the book as this made it very difficult to understand the book, and ended up wasting precious time as I had to look up the complex words. Also, I did not enjoy the language used by the author where he used some initials like IPA which up to now, I have not completely understood their meaning. This created an unnecessary distraction and was very frustrating as I had no way to check what the initials meant. Finally, I found some of the characters were not properly introduced by the author.
In conclusion, I rate this book 2 out of 5 stars. I have deducted three stars due to the negative aspects stated above, one with the use of complex vocabulary in the book, the use of difficult initials, and the inadequate introduction of some characters by the author. Also, I came across spelling errors in the book. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys drama and thriller-based stories.
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Frustrating Fascination
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Frustrating Fascination by Debra Mckenzie is a fiction-based book about the story of Sean, who is the main character in the novel. The book starts with an introduction to the day and life of Sean. We see that Sean is sad about his wife by the name of Marina, who left him for another woman by the name of Vanessa. Also, we get to see other characters in the book like Bruce, who is his childhood best friend and the brother to his wife Marina. The two spent lots of time together during their childhood going out camping, bicycle riding, and joining the Boy Scouts. The two later joined the army where their friendship drifted apart after Bruce was accused of being Gay.
Later ahead in the other chapters of the book, we see that Sean worked in a department store as the manager at the age of forty-five years. At this time Sean is still feeling offended by the actions of Marina, where he feels she betrayed him for leaving him for another woman. This leads Sean to develop hatred for gay people starting with his best friend Bruce and one of his staff members by the name of Alex who was transgender. Sean goes to an antique shop and decides to buy a mirror for his mother's birthday, a decision that will end up changing his whole life.
There are a few positive aspects that I came across during my course of reading the book, One was the humor included by the author in the book. A perfect example is the way the employees referred to Sean as boss Barton. This made the book interesting to read and lifted my mood to a jolly one. It also helped me to properly visualize the environment in the department store creating a better understanding of how the employees and sean related. Finally, I also enjoyed the plot, specifically when the author used the concept of a Parallel universe where another replica version of ourselves exists and has the same life and friends similar to ours here on earth. This concept is fascinating as it is still being debated by the scientific community and is theoretically proven. It, therefore, shows the author did lots of research and is well conversant in this field. I found this book professionally well-edited.
However, I would also like to point out some negative aspects I came across during my course of reading the book. First, I did not like the way the author used complex vocabulary in the book as this made it very difficult to understand the book, and ended up wasting precious time as I had to look up the complex words. Also, I did not enjoy the language used by the author where he used some initials like IPA which up to now, I have not completely understood their meaning. This created an unnecessary distraction and was very frustrating as I had no way to check what the initials meant. Finally, I found some of the characters were not properly introduced by the author.
In conclusion, I rate this book 2 out of 5 stars. I have deducted three stars due to the negative aspects stated above, one with the use of complex vocabulary in the book, the use of difficult initials, and the inadequate introduction of some characters by the author. Also, I came across spelling errors in the book. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys drama and thriller-based stories.
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Frustrating Fascination
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon