Review of President's Day
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Review of President's Day
[Following is a volunteer review of "President's Day" by Stephen A. Werbel, Ph.D..]
The novel called President's Day and was written by Stephen A. Werbel, a licensed clinical psychologist, and we can it understand from his writing style. The main character of the work is a 90-year-old Jewish woman whose name is Sylvia Parrish, which is already quite intriguing. In few places you will find works in which the main character is 90 years old.
One morning she wakes up in the hospital and has absolutely no recollection of her yesterday. And here all the fun begins. Not only has she forgotten what she was doing on her birthday, but she also finds herself accused of murdering the president. And there is evidence of this. Yesterday's birthday old-woman became a murderer. How should she be? What should she do if she does not remember anything and does not consider herself guilty of murder? And then it also comes out that she hated and vilified the president in every possible way, considering him a shame for the country. Will she be able to remember her yesterday and prove her innocence? Or will she be jailed for a crime orchestrated by someone else? We can find out all this by reading this work.
The author was quite good at conveying the mood and inner experiences of Sylvia, step by step revealing her nature, which at first seems grumpy and unfriendly, but gradually, in the process of narration, you can get to know the story of this woman, behind whose mask of grumbling an unhappy one is hiding, so and a person who is not realized in life. The author's writing style is understandable, he knows how to explain everything complex in a simple and accessible language. The manner of narration is smooth and quiet, without the action and dramatic plot turns, even a little boring, but this has its own charm, because I, as a person who does not love political intrigue, was something to distract.
In this novel, I liked the way the author describes the inner world of the heroine, her thoughts, feelings, without pathos and lies, showing she for what she is - a simple, ordinary woman with extraordinary aspirations. It was no less interesting to watch the other characters in the novel, who, even having different roles, harmoniously fit into the main storyline.
What I didn’t like about this novel was its political background with all the ensuing confrontations, intrigues, murders, conspiracies, foreign agents. I also did not like the presence of obscene language in the speech of the main character.
This work contains minor grammatical errors that, in general, do not spoil the text, and there is also borderline profanity. Here a pronounced anti-presidential moods. Also in the novel, to a slight degree, there is a religious motive concerning the problem in building a relationship between a person from an orthodox Jewish family and a person from a non-orthodox Jewish family. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because, despite the pleasant manner of presentation, I did not like its political themes and borderline profanity coming from the lips of the main character.
I would recommend reading this novel to people who like works with a calm, somewhat boring storytelling, without sharp plot twists and unnecessary stress on the reader. Also, this book is suitable for psychologists, fans of political topics and foreign spies, and for those people who like to read, and nothing, of the above, does not bother them.
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President's Day
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The novel called President's Day and was written by Stephen A. Werbel, a licensed clinical psychologist, and we can it understand from his writing style. The main character of the work is a 90-year-old Jewish woman whose name is Sylvia Parrish, which is already quite intriguing. In few places you will find works in which the main character is 90 years old.
One morning she wakes up in the hospital and has absolutely no recollection of her yesterday. And here all the fun begins. Not only has she forgotten what she was doing on her birthday, but she also finds herself accused of murdering the president. And there is evidence of this. Yesterday's birthday old-woman became a murderer. How should she be? What should she do if she does not remember anything and does not consider herself guilty of murder? And then it also comes out that she hated and vilified the president in every possible way, considering him a shame for the country. Will she be able to remember her yesterday and prove her innocence? Or will she be jailed for a crime orchestrated by someone else? We can find out all this by reading this work.
The author was quite good at conveying the mood and inner experiences of Sylvia, step by step revealing her nature, which at first seems grumpy and unfriendly, but gradually, in the process of narration, you can get to know the story of this woman, behind whose mask of grumbling an unhappy one is hiding, so and a person who is not realized in life. The author's writing style is understandable, he knows how to explain everything complex in a simple and accessible language. The manner of narration is smooth and quiet, without the action and dramatic plot turns, even a little boring, but this has its own charm, because I, as a person who does not love political intrigue, was something to distract.
In this novel, I liked the way the author describes the inner world of the heroine, her thoughts, feelings, without pathos and lies, showing she for what she is - a simple, ordinary woman with extraordinary aspirations. It was no less interesting to watch the other characters in the novel, who, even having different roles, harmoniously fit into the main storyline.
What I didn’t like about this novel was its political background with all the ensuing confrontations, intrigues, murders, conspiracies, foreign agents. I also did not like the presence of obscene language in the speech of the main character.
This work contains minor grammatical errors that, in general, do not spoil the text, and there is also borderline profanity. Here a pronounced anti-presidential moods. Also in the novel, to a slight degree, there is a religious motive concerning the problem in building a relationship between a person from an orthodox Jewish family and a person from a non-orthodox Jewish family. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because, despite the pleasant manner of presentation, I did not like its political themes and borderline profanity coming from the lips of the main character.
I would recommend reading this novel to people who like works with a calm, somewhat boring storytelling, without sharp plot twists and unnecessary stress on the reader. Also, this book is suitable for psychologists, fans of political topics and foreign spies, and for those people who like to read, and nothing, of the above, does not bother them.
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President's Day
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