2 out of 4 stars
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Guardian of Deceit is a book penned by William H. Coles a fiction author and short story writer. The book is a narrative of a young orphan boy’s life as he is reluctantly catapulted in the upper class suburb in New York. In New York, Darwin is under the guardianship of his distant cousin who is a famous football player, Luther.Regardless of the abrupt changes, Darwin anticipates life to be comfortable and blissful due to the high status of his custodian but is in for a surprise when unforeseen contrarieties in his setting emerge. Luther is a volcanic, social misfit who is involved in odd ventures. Darwin is left to endure any unpleasant ordeal evoked by his cousin directly or otherwise.
He seeks company in the queer members of Luther’s compound which include the stern compound manager, an eccentric old lady, an ex police officer and Luther’s pliable celebrity girlfriend. The admiration and respect Darwin expected to give to Luther is soon conveyed to an amiable orthopaedic surgeon who takes Darwin under his wings. The book intricately captures the paramount life events of those around Darwin.
There are a few grammatical errors in the book. There is an error of omission in the third chapter, page 19 the statement ‘You need kin to die in The Revolution or be blood-related to Thomas Jefferson’ would be correct as ‘You need a kin to die in The Revolution or be blood-related to Thomas Jefferson’. I would prefer the use of the word ‘sanatorium’ on page 40 in the sentence, ‘She’s in and out of sanitariums and rehabilitation.’ I believe sanitorium means a resort place which I highly doubt is the intended meaning the above sentence.
It is fairly a good book to readers who prefer a descriptive writing with less attention on fine detail. The book does not stimulate precise imagination of scenarios leaving a lot of detail up for assumption. I love how the author places a touch of suspense as other characters introduce a character before he/she enters the plot. Regardless of the depressing tone set by the book in the early chapters the story takes a more optimistic mood and does exhibit humor which I feel is treat for every reader.
I rate the book 2 out of 4 stars due to its inability to capture my imagination which I believe every good book should do. Any fiction story should make the reader believe he/she is there in every scene as an invisible observer but with everything constructed and at times tangible. I have to applaud his chapter coherence which is with no confusion or entangling of ideas and themes.
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Guardian of Deceit
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