Review of Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise
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Review of Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise
[Following is a volunteer review of "Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise" by John K Danenbarger.]
After two years of a rough life of prostitution, Beth wakes up in a stranger’s house with little recollection of how she got there. Joe Tink, a gay stripper, is her accommodator, and he’s nothing short of a saint to her. Joe goes as far as arranging for Beth to work aboard a boat in the meantime since she couldn’t go back to prostitution. Beth sees the trip to Bermuda as an opportunity for a new start, but the boat owners have a different plan.
Cricket makes an elaborate plan to eliminate his mean father, who abandoned his birth mother after ripping her off her money. His mother, upon knowing this, figured that Cricket had the wrong man. Her race to stop her son ends in a fatal collision that unravels the connections in this book.
I read both the PDF and Audible versions of this book, and the audio version was by far my favorite. The narrator did an excellent job portraying the characters’ voices and changing tones, and there was hardly any hitch in the reading. Also, I didn’t notice any errors in the text version, so I believe this book was professionally edited and narrated. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy family sagas and drama.
I’m rating Entanglement – Quantum and Otherwise by John Danenbarger 3 out of 4 stars. This book’s characterization alone deserves one star, while other elements grapple for the remaining two. This was a character-driven book, with the events simultaneously unfolding from several characters’ perspectives, and the characters were interestingly and satisfactorily developed. The multiple points of view added suspense to the narrative.
The plot started off interestingly, with a suspenseful buildup from the multiple subplots; it was like reading several interesting short stories and wondering what the connection was. However, I found the fusion of the subplots anticlimactic. Given the complex and thrilling start, I expected a much bigger “reveal” and an equally thrilling resolution; instead, the story took an abstract metaphysical turn, and the suspense went downhill. Eventually, finishing this book became a forced effort, and this is the main reason I deducted a star from the book’s rating.
The second reason I didn’t give this book a full rating was because it seemed hastily concluded. First, there were unexplained time jumps, then there was the unnecessary reappearance of some minor characters, who quickly disappeared once again. I think this book could have ended better.
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Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise
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After two years of a rough life of prostitution, Beth wakes up in a stranger’s house with little recollection of how she got there. Joe Tink, a gay stripper, is her accommodator, and he’s nothing short of a saint to her. Joe goes as far as arranging for Beth to work aboard a boat in the meantime since she couldn’t go back to prostitution. Beth sees the trip to Bermuda as an opportunity for a new start, but the boat owners have a different plan.
Cricket makes an elaborate plan to eliminate his mean father, who abandoned his birth mother after ripping her off her money. His mother, upon knowing this, figured that Cricket had the wrong man. Her race to stop her son ends in a fatal collision that unravels the connections in this book.
I read both the PDF and Audible versions of this book, and the audio version was by far my favorite. The narrator did an excellent job portraying the characters’ voices and changing tones, and there was hardly any hitch in the reading. Also, I didn’t notice any errors in the text version, so I believe this book was professionally edited and narrated. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy family sagas and drama.
I’m rating Entanglement – Quantum and Otherwise by John Danenbarger 3 out of 4 stars. This book’s characterization alone deserves one star, while other elements grapple for the remaining two. This was a character-driven book, with the events simultaneously unfolding from several characters’ perspectives, and the characters were interestingly and satisfactorily developed. The multiple points of view added suspense to the narrative.
The plot started off interestingly, with a suspenseful buildup from the multiple subplots; it was like reading several interesting short stories and wondering what the connection was. However, I found the fusion of the subplots anticlimactic. Given the complex and thrilling start, I expected a much bigger “reveal” and an equally thrilling resolution; instead, the story took an abstract metaphysical turn, and the suspense went downhill. Eventually, finishing this book became a forced effort, and this is the main reason I deducted a star from the book’s rating.
The second reason I didn’t give this book a full rating was because it seemed hastily concluded. First, there were unexplained time jumps, then there was the unnecessary reappearance of some minor characters, who quickly disappeared once again. I think this book could have ended better.
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Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise
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