3 out of 4 stars
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Wandering feelings by Boyko Ovcharov is a romance genre book. This is what I would best describe as your typical story of love overcoming adversities. It is the tale of two people whose relationship is met with opposition from family with differences in social class taking the number one slot on the list of those obstacles. Other than social class, jealousy and greed are also displayed at their worst between people who are family. The story is set in Bulgaria with shifting timelines to London and Europe. This was a Bulgarian cultural learning experience for me.
Whether these two lovebirds master enough courage or determination to fight for their love, is the reason that saw me turn this book to the very last page. Boyko systematically develops the plot with characters conveniently connected to each other. However, too much time was spent on the couple’s first trip together in London and Europe. Here, too much time is spent on describing the places where they visit. While this would have been a good approach for a travel or holiday destination book, it made no sense to spend too much time on it in a romance genre. I wish the author would have concentrated more on the two characters having a romantic holiday together and getting to know each other better.
The other major flaw was Boyko’s failure to give names to the two major characters. Throughout, Bokyo chooses to refer to them as he and she based on their gender. For a romance genre, the use of names for the characters gives the reader a sense of attachment to the characters so that they correctly place their individual feelings to the characters. In the absence of the names, I was more inclined to abandon reading it midway but I held on because I wanted to find out whether the two actually ended up together.
Generally, a considerable amount of effort in creativity is put to good use. The fact that it’s only 101 pages long is enough to see even the reader with the shortest attention span sail through to the very last page. Care is observed in the kind of language used plus explicit sexual content is left out, making it suitable for the young adult audience.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. Between the too much time spent on describing the travel destinations, the lack of names for the main characters and a few spelling errors, I feel a perfect rating is not deserved. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to read a love story that is a little less exciting.
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Wandering Feelings
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