Review of Duplicity
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Review of Duplicity
[Following is a volunteer review of "Duplicity" by Fin C Gray.]
Tom Mclntyre is roughly shoved back to reality with the demise of Alison, the loving and supportive woman he had for a wife and the mother of there two wonderful kids, Daniel and Jenny. But this is not what Tom thought about his wife and kids, in fact, the last thing he wanted to do in this world was to spend a moment longer living his family life. With a pile of debts, a wife who constantly whined about anything, according to him and kids who took great interest in squabbling, who would not feel overwhelmed? Or perhaps Tom was too preoccupied with the idea that he had the worst family and could not see the good in the decedent's deeds or at least in his kids. Daniel, who is suffering from identity crisis decides to explore life on his own as his relationship with his father worsens. What does Daniel find out about himself while on his own? What happens to Daniel? Will Tom be able to set things right with his son Daniel? What about Jenny, the only one in the family with a true sense of direction, what does she do with her life? To find out, get yourself Fin C Gray's Duplicity.
Fin Gray does a great job writing the book Duplicity. His style of writing is demandingly engaging and enthralling. He tells the story going back and forth. He introduces the reader to a whole new scene, but then takes the reader through a flashback of what happened before the scene. This style keeps the reader on edge with a lot of suspense. Gray brilliantly connects his ideas in the story giving his plot a consistent flow. He uses fairly long twisted sentences that he loads with appropriate expressions. His choice of words is great, he uses well thought about vocabularies.
The characters are fully developed. Gray depicts each of his characters with vivid clarity. Something I find very impressive about Gray's style of writing is the fact that he does not just write the story, he harnesses emotions to his words. His words are so intense with high pitched emotions, making the reader vulnerable to the waves of emotions he sends his or her way in his book. This also makes the reader connect with the characters. For instance, reading about Daniel, you will sympathize with him, you will feel the void he feels when it comes to love, you will want no one to hurt him and most definitely the people who take advantage of him will leave you helplessly furious.
Duplicity is packed with themes on betrayal, rage, love, hatred, bad decisions, bad choices, consequences, loathsome affairs, homosexuality, crime, secretes, a lot of secrets and ultimate action. Gray's aggressively picturesque description of scenes with action make the reader feel like he or she is part of the action, perhaps watching it all happen but unable to change a thing about it. As much as the characters in Duplicity are fictional, Gray puts great effort in maintaining his characters' grip with reality. He subjects them to various situations relatable to real life and also makes their reactions almost logically acceptable.
What I did not like about Duplicity was how Gray used aggressively picturesque words to describe the scene about sex. The fact that his ideas on sexual orientation are diverse makes it quite unbearable to even digest what he implies to be happening sexually in the book. I must say, I found particularly this about Duplicity to be very annoying and this is why I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I did not find any error in the book, it is exceptionally and professionally edited. lovers of crime and action books will find this a good read.
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Duplicity
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Tom Mclntyre is roughly shoved back to reality with the demise of Alison, the loving and supportive woman he had for a wife and the mother of there two wonderful kids, Daniel and Jenny. But this is not what Tom thought about his wife and kids, in fact, the last thing he wanted to do in this world was to spend a moment longer living his family life. With a pile of debts, a wife who constantly whined about anything, according to him and kids who took great interest in squabbling, who would not feel overwhelmed? Or perhaps Tom was too preoccupied with the idea that he had the worst family and could not see the good in the decedent's deeds or at least in his kids. Daniel, who is suffering from identity crisis decides to explore life on his own as his relationship with his father worsens. What does Daniel find out about himself while on his own? What happens to Daniel? Will Tom be able to set things right with his son Daniel? What about Jenny, the only one in the family with a true sense of direction, what does she do with her life? To find out, get yourself Fin C Gray's Duplicity.
Fin Gray does a great job writing the book Duplicity. His style of writing is demandingly engaging and enthralling. He tells the story going back and forth. He introduces the reader to a whole new scene, but then takes the reader through a flashback of what happened before the scene. This style keeps the reader on edge with a lot of suspense. Gray brilliantly connects his ideas in the story giving his plot a consistent flow. He uses fairly long twisted sentences that he loads with appropriate expressions. His choice of words is great, he uses well thought about vocabularies.
The characters are fully developed. Gray depicts each of his characters with vivid clarity. Something I find very impressive about Gray's style of writing is the fact that he does not just write the story, he harnesses emotions to his words. His words are so intense with high pitched emotions, making the reader vulnerable to the waves of emotions he sends his or her way in his book. This also makes the reader connect with the characters. For instance, reading about Daniel, you will sympathize with him, you will feel the void he feels when it comes to love, you will want no one to hurt him and most definitely the people who take advantage of him will leave you helplessly furious.
Duplicity is packed with themes on betrayal, rage, love, hatred, bad decisions, bad choices, consequences, loathsome affairs, homosexuality, crime, secretes, a lot of secrets and ultimate action. Gray's aggressively picturesque description of scenes with action make the reader feel like he or she is part of the action, perhaps watching it all happen but unable to change a thing about it. As much as the characters in Duplicity are fictional, Gray puts great effort in maintaining his characters' grip with reality. He subjects them to various situations relatable to real life and also makes their reactions almost logically acceptable.
What I did not like about Duplicity was how Gray used aggressively picturesque words to describe the scene about sex. The fact that his ideas on sexual orientation are diverse makes it quite unbearable to even digest what he implies to be happening sexually in the book. I must say, I found particularly this about Duplicity to be very annoying and this is why I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I did not find any error in the book, it is exceptionally and professionally edited. lovers of crime and action books will find this a good read.
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Duplicity
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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