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Review by timeija822 -- A Good Boy by Anthony Andre
[Following is a volunteer review of "A Good Boy" by Anthony Andre.]
1 out of 4 stars
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A Good Boy. by Anthony Andre is a Christian twist to "the new guy in town" story. The story follows the journey of Wesley Ames, a man hired to be the new minister at New Covenant Church and his trails to try and rebuild this broken church along with himself. Just a few days into his transition into becoming minister, news of a young woman killing herself has broken out. A member of the church no less, and Wesley is taken aback because of some things he has experienced in his past. A child taking their own life is more than tragic, but for Wesley it brings up traumatic memories he would rather forget. In this town Wesley has found himself in, he realizes soon enough that not many people are to be trusted, and that he's not very much liked. But, when the mother of the child who has taken her life is seen as a potential cause, and Wesley is seen with her, it causes people and Wesley to wonder if he's the right guy for the job.
After finishing the book, I have decided to rate it a 1 out of 4. Overall, I didn't truly enjoy reading this story. I understand where the author was trying to take it, but it seemed a little messy in the structure. However, I did enjoy the characters. Assuming the characters is what really makes a story, but certain characters really stuck out to me, which kept me reading more often than not. I gave A Good Boy. a 1 out of 4., because of the significant amount of grammatical errors, the format in which the writing was typed, and the pace of the story.
Some things I really enjoyed about the story was the music choices chosen by Wesley, it seems as though we have some of the same taste in the arts. The drama/events that occurred could have been a little more in depth and more descriptive but I followed and it was quite scandalous. I appreciated the fact that Wesley seemed to always know the right things to say, even when his POV moments seemed a little scattered. In the beginning of the story, I did kind of feel like Wesley seemed too "perfect" and it didn't sit right because he seemed a little suspicious, but I soon found out that was far from the truth; he is just human. My favorite moments from Wesley was his prayers, they were actually always spot on and human. So many times preachers are perceived as "holier than thou" but Wesley was not like that. He saw himself more flawed than anyone and its his relatability that stuck out most to me. I appreciated the author inserting the authenticity of southern slang throughout the story, especially the text talk. But my absolute favorite part of the ENTIRE story, was Wesley offering to be apart of the "Teen Suicide Hotline". Around this point of the story, some church members aren't really warming up to Wesley, and because the effect of the young woman's suicide hit him so hard, volunteering his free time to help a child save their life, is just amazing. It caught me off guard in the best way possible.
A few things that I didn't enjoy very much was again, the format. The format the story was written in, it seemed way too choppy. I get that in some areas of the book, repetition of certain words is needed to get a point across to the reader, but for instance, in chapter two when Wesley is unpacking everything in his church office, he uses "depressed" more than he should. "Depressed" is already a strong adjective but maybe if starting with another descriptive word showing how these things made Wesley feel, would have been better. It just seemed like sloppy writing to me. Maybe "low-spirited" could have fit to portray Wesley's melancholy emotions. Another issue I had was the pace the story was in. At times it seemed to be speeding up, as if there was some information that was being missed, and this huge event just happened. At other times, the storyline was too slowly paced. It didn't keep my attention all that well and almost resulted in my not finishing the story. There were a significant amount of grammatical errors, but more towards the ending of the book. Also, there were a couple offensive remarks made. Wasn't a big fan of that.
In conclusion, my enthusiasm in reading A Good Boy. by Anthony Andre, decreased as I continued to finish. Overall, I am glad that I finished. There were great concepts of the story that I truly enjoyed, but I feel the story needed more time to grow when it came to pace and the storyline itself at some times.
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1 out of 4 stars
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A Good Boy. by Anthony Andre is a Christian twist to "the new guy in town" story. The story follows the journey of Wesley Ames, a man hired to be the new minister at New Covenant Church and his trails to try and rebuild this broken church along with himself. Just a few days into his transition into becoming minister, news of a young woman killing herself has broken out. A member of the church no less, and Wesley is taken aback because of some things he has experienced in his past. A child taking their own life is more than tragic, but for Wesley it brings up traumatic memories he would rather forget. In this town Wesley has found himself in, he realizes soon enough that not many people are to be trusted, and that he's not very much liked. But, when the mother of the child who has taken her life is seen as a potential cause, and Wesley is seen with her, it causes people and Wesley to wonder if he's the right guy for the job.
After finishing the book, I have decided to rate it a 1 out of 4. Overall, I didn't truly enjoy reading this story. I understand where the author was trying to take it, but it seemed a little messy in the structure. However, I did enjoy the characters. Assuming the characters is what really makes a story, but certain characters really stuck out to me, which kept me reading more often than not. I gave A Good Boy. a 1 out of 4., because of the significant amount of grammatical errors, the format in which the writing was typed, and the pace of the story.
Some things I really enjoyed about the story was the music choices chosen by Wesley, it seems as though we have some of the same taste in the arts. The drama/events that occurred could have been a little more in depth and more descriptive but I followed and it was quite scandalous. I appreciated the fact that Wesley seemed to always know the right things to say, even when his POV moments seemed a little scattered. In the beginning of the story, I did kind of feel like Wesley seemed too "perfect" and it didn't sit right because he seemed a little suspicious, but I soon found out that was far from the truth; he is just human. My favorite moments from Wesley was his prayers, they were actually always spot on and human. So many times preachers are perceived as "holier than thou" but Wesley was not like that. He saw himself more flawed than anyone and its his relatability that stuck out most to me. I appreciated the author inserting the authenticity of southern slang throughout the story, especially the text talk. But my absolute favorite part of the ENTIRE story, was Wesley offering to be apart of the "Teen Suicide Hotline". Around this point of the story, some church members aren't really warming up to Wesley, and because the effect of the young woman's suicide hit him so hard, volunteering his free time to help a child save their life, is just amazing. It caught me off guard in the best way possible.
A few things that I didn't enjoy very much was again, the format. The format the story was written in, it seemed way too choppy. I get that in some areas of the book, repetition of certain words is needed to get a point across to the reader, but for instance, in chapter two when Wesley is unpacking everything in his church office, he uses "depressed" more than he should. "Depressed" is already a strong adjective but maybe if starting with another descriptive word showing how these things made Wesley feel, would have been better. It just seemed like sloppy writing to me. Maybe "low-spirited" could have fit to portray Wesley's melancholy emotions. Another issue I had was the pace the story was in. At times it seemed to be speeding up, as if there was some information that was being missed, and this huge event just happened. At other times, the storyline was too slowly paced. It didn't keep my attention all that well and almost resulted in my not finishing the story. There were a significant amount of grammatical errors, but more towards the ending of the book. Also, there were a couple offensive remarks made. Wasn't a big fan of that.
In conclusion, my enthusiasm in reading A Good Boy. by Anthony Andre, decreased as I continued to finish. Overall, I am glad that I finished. There were great concepts of the story that I truly enjoyed, but I feel the story needed more time to grow when it came to pace and the storyline itself at some times.
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