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Review by Chatfemme -- Deceitful Survival by LC Lee
[Following is a volunteer review of "Deceitful Survival" by LC Lee.]
Have you ever read a novel based on a real-life story that was completely unbelievable? Deceitful Survival by L. C. Lee is such a story. It is an incredible tale of a strong, determined woman who goes through great adventures in the early 1800s. As the book begins, we meet Sister Mary Andrée La Roux, a nun of the Ursuline Convent of Rouen in the province Brittany in France. She is the unlikely heroine that sends us from France to the Caribbean and back to Europe.
The island of Haiti is Andrée’s first assignment, but this assignment was not a “Sound of Music” kind of mission. Instead, she lives and works with the indigenous people of Haiti. She worked with Priest John René Cartier, a French Jesuit who had been working in Haiti for years. Andrée and René hit it off grandly. They loved their work and the tribal people they served. Unfortunately, they were in Haiti at a bad time. The Haitian Revolution, when self-liberated slaves threw out their white owners, starts about the time Andrée arrives.
When white people are being kidnapped, murdered, and thrown out of Haiti, their local tribal parishioners hide Andrée and René. They get married, and eventually, they have to leave Haiti. They land in Cuba, and their adventures continue. They have a son, but sadly, Andrée and René are separated when the Cuban government sends René to a Spanish prison. Andrée works to free René from prison, and in time she succeeds. The story has a surprising ending that you can learn about by reading the book. Through it all, Andrée does incredible things.
I enjoyed the story. Andrée was an astonishing woman, and her story is what I liked best about the book. I loved her indomitable spirit. She is persistent when she goes after a goal until she has achieved it, and she has some tough goals to accomplish.
The writing is not as good as the story. The dialogue does not flow with a conversational tone but reads like a continuation of the narrative making the individual’s personalities flat. The most disappointing thing about the book for me was the lack of character development. Andrée goes through a lot of changes, but the narrative does not reflect the expected maturing of her thinking.
The writing level seemed to be appropriate for older pre-teen to young adult readers. There was no vulgar language and only one or two sex scenes that were not graphic. Other incidences of sex were only alluded to.
The book was competently edited with only a few technical errors. Because of the flatness of the characters, I cannot give the book 4 stars, but I really enjoyed the story. Thus, I would give the book 3 out of 4 stars.
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Have you ever read a novel based on a real-life story that was completely unbelievable? Deceitful Survival by L. C. Lee is such a story. It is an incredible tale of a strong, determined woman who goes through great adventures in the early 1800s. As the book begins, we meet Sister Mary Andrée La Roux, a nun of the Ursuline Convent of Rouen in the province Brittany in France. She is the unlikely heroine that sends us from France to the Caribbean and back to Europe.
The island of Haiti is Andrée’s first assignment, but this assignment was not a “Sound of Music” kind of mission. Instead, she lives and works with the indigenous people of Haiti. She worked with Priest John René Cartier, a French Jesuit who had been working in Haiti for years. Andrée and René hit it off grandly. They loved their work and the tribal people they served. Unfortunately, they were in Haiti at a bad time. The Haitian Revolution, when self-liberated slaves threw out their white owners, starts about the time Andrée arrives.
When white people are being kidnapped, murdered, and thrown out of Haiti, their local tribal parishioners hide Andrée and René. They get married, and eventually, they have to leave Haiti. They land in Cuba, and their adventures continue. They have a son, but sadly, Andrée and René are separated when the Cuban government sends René to a Spanish prison. Andrée works to free René from prison, and in time she succeeds. The story has a surprising ending that you can learn about by reading the book. Through it all, Andrée does incredible things.
I enjoyed the story. Andrée was an astonishing woman, and her story is what I liked best about the book. I loved her indomitable spirit. She is persistent when she goes after a goal until she has achieved it, and she has some tough goals to accomplish.
The writing is not as good as the story. The dialogue does not flow with a conversational tone but reads like a continuation of the narrative making the individual’s personalities flat. The most disappointing thing about the book for me was the lack of character development. Andrée goes through a lot of changes, but the narrative does not reflect the expected maturing of her thinking.
The writing level seemed to be appropriate for older pre-teen to young adult readers. There was no vulgar language and only one or two sex scenes that were not graphic. Other incidences of sex were only alluded to.
The book was competently edited with only a few technical errors. Because of the flatness of the characters, I cannot give the book 4 stars, but I really enjoyed the story. Thus, I would give the book 3 out of 4 stars.
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Deceitful Survival
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