ARA Review by Camelle of The Sword Swallower and a Chico Kid

[Camelle]

[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, The Sword Swallower and a Chico Kid.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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A novel dedicated to a friend- Captain Don Leslie, who was indeed a sword swallower, The Sword Swallower, and a Chico Kid is a novel written by Gary Robinson.

It is a fictional story based on real story of a sword swallower and the events that took place in Leslie’s life. It is not an easy task to write something based on real-life events. One may think that the only thing a writer needs to do is to simply copy and “rewrite” the events and that would be it.

However, that is not how things work. If someone wants to write a book or a novel, which is based on something that really happened, one needs to know how to write that book or novel in a proper way: to write what happened in an authentic and yet compelling and easy to read way.

I believe that this author succeeded in doing that. The novel itself is written in a simple, easy-to-read language with rather a big font, which makes reading even easier and faster. The adventures of the “Duke” (the name of the main character from the novel) were described with a great number of details, which is another great thing because we can easily “sink” into the story.

The author, although new in the world of writing, succeeded in writing an entertaining and truly fun to read a novel. Some parts of the novel may seem a bit “flat.” Because of that, I would give the novel 4 out of 5. Regardless, it is a fun and easy to read a novel.

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