Review of High Crimes Against the Crown
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Review of High Crimes Against the Crown
[Following is a volunteer review of "High Crimes Against the Crown" by Patrick DeVaney.]
High Crimes Against the Crown by Patrick DeVaney illustrates the struggles Conor Caldemeyer goes through after deciding to be a cop, even though he isn't sure about the idea. He finds it challenging to balance his everyday life, work, and social life. Memories of Gwendolyn, his long-gone girlfriend, keep haunting him, sometimes disrupting his work. Gwedolyn disliked his idea of being a cop and had advised him to change and think of something different during their college days.
Written from the first-person perspective, the narrative alternates between Conor's life in two different countries; America and Ireland. Life in Ireland with Alec is different in various ways ( language, religion, and social life) though interesting. In Ireland, he also meets other beautiful ladies. Will he find another girlfriend to replace Gwedolyn, who left him? You will find out all these by reading through the pages of this book. Despite his adventure in
Ireland, he can't move freely past various roadblocks, especially when he visits the Northern part, unlike Billie, because he is a non-citizen. He fits in the society by changing his accent, name, and facial appearance, though that's still not enough as he is still being trolled for killing a soldier in her majesty's army.
What I like about the book is the courage Conor Caldemeyer has to cope and find his way in a foreign land, far from his home, despite betrayal by some of the people he thought were
his friends, rising above his mistakes and hoping that one day he returns to America, where he can live a normal, free life again. The author also highlights the hardships and struggles countries faced before liberation and focuses on the dangers of crossing the threshold between friendship, romantic relationship, and professionalism, as seen in the case of Billie and Michiko, that most young people struggle with due to self-confidence, which later makes them vulnerable, for instance, readers could understand the lack of threshold that was between Bump and Michiko, that led to drugging the expensive wine that he had purchased for her and escaping with her target (Conor, who was then Ryan Murphy).
The book was well written, and the editors did marvelous work. I didn't find a single error in it. The author's language was also simple and easy to understand in the first part of the book, apart from a few vocabularies that I had to use a dictionary to understand their meanings. My only dislike in this book is the use of Irish vernacular in the second and third parts of the book, which makes it quite monotonous. This takes my rating to four stars out of five stars.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to work as a cop. The story in the book will enlighten them on different life experiences cops go through and how to handle them courageously.
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High Crimes Against the Crown
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High Crimes Against the Crown by Patrick DeVaney illustrates the struggles Conor Caldemeyer goes through after deciding to be a cop, even though he isn't sure about the idea. He finds it challenging to balance his everyday life, work, and social life. Memories of Gwendolyn, his long-gone girlfriend, keep haunting him, sometimes disrupting his work. Gwedolyn disliked his idea of being a cop and had advised him to change and think of something different during their college days.
Written from the first-person perspective, the narrative alternates between Conor's life in two different countries; America and Ireland. Life in Ireland with Alec is different in various ways ( language, religion, and social life) though interesting. In Ireland, he also meets other beautiful ladies. Will he find another girlfriend to replace Gwedolyn, who left him? You will find out all these by reading through the pages of this book. Despite his adventure in
Ireland, he can't move freely past various roadblocks, especially when he visits the Northern part, unlike Billie, because he is a non-citizen. He fits in the society by changing his accent, name, and facial appearance, though that's still not enough as he is still being trolled for killing a soldier in her majesty's army.
What I like about the book is the courage Conor Caldemeyer has to cope and find his way in a foreign land, far from his home, despite betrayal by some of the people he thought were
his friends, rising above his mistakes and hoping that one day he returns to America, where he can live a normal, free life again. The author also highlights the hardships and struggles countries faced before liberation and focuses on the dangers of crossing the threshold between friendship, romantic relationship, and professionalism, as seen in the case of Billie and Michiko, that most young people struggle with due to self-confidence, which later makes them vulnerable, for instance, readers could understand the lack of threshold that was between Bump and Michiko, that led to drugging the expensive wine that he had purchased for her and escaping with her target (Conor, who was then Ryan Murphy).
The book was well written, and the editors did marvelous work. I didn't find a single error in it. The author's language was also simple and easy to understand in the first part of the book, apart from a few vocabularies that I had to use a dictionary to understand their meanings. My only dislike in this book is the use of Irish vernacular in the second and third parts of the book, which makes it quite monotonous. This takes my rating to four stars out of five stars.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to work as a cop. The story in the book will enlighten them on different life experiences cops go through and how to handle them courageously.
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High Crimes Against the Crown
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
