Review of Twisted But True
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Review of Twisted But True
[Following is a volunteer review of "Twisted But True" by Darren Burch.]
I can confidently say, that randomly picked, 5 out of 10 people have probably never really stopped to think about what a police officer’s job entails. Also, a majority of these people may not have the least idea of the challenges that officers face in their line of work. On the lighter side, the only thing they may correctly guess right, would be all police officers’ stereotypical love for doughnuts.
However, this is the essential point where Darren Burch’s Twisted But True comes into the picture. It is a brilliant piece of non-fiction work which details what it is like to be a police officer in an entertaining and educative way. At the end of the day, the reader is entertained by Burch’s wide range of tales, and educated about the processes involving in stopping, preventing, and investigating crime.
Twisted But True is akin to an anthology of short stories. The only difference here is that it is a collection of some of the most interesting and bizarre stories about being on duty as a police officer. At the same time, it is a bit of a touching autobiography of the author.
Burch starts off by, like a superhero, giving the reader his origin story. Essentially, he narrates the motivation behind his becoming a police officer. Having that origin story in mind, I am pretty confident that the reader will not be surprised at the heroic acts which subsequently take place in the book.
Of all the stories in Twisted But True, there are two of them which I will always remember. They are “Bomb’s Away” and “Old Man and Batboy” in chapters 20 and 10 respectively. The former is a funny chapter, it also spoke to the absence of PTSD treatment for officers on the force involved in violent situations. The latter, on the other hand, is a more touching story that speaks to the need to have empathy as a person.
I would give Darren Burch’s Twisted But True a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. In my opinion, this rating is justified because the book presents a unique narrative on what it entails to be a police officer. The narration is in clear and crisp language.
One positive thing I found about this book was the amount of insight that the author gives. In the long run, I believe this helps the average civilian to be understanding towards the police, despite the bad reputation received in the media recently.
I enjoyed Darren Burch’s writing in Twisted But True so much that I do not find any negative aspects to report on it.
The book was well edited. It contained only a few grammatical errors. Due to the graphic description of certain crime and other scenes, I will only recommend this book to mature readers.
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Twisted But True
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I can confidently say, that randomly picked, 5 out of 10 people have probably never really stopped to think about what a police officer’s job entails. Also, a majority of these people may not have the least idea of the challenges that officers face in their line of work. On the lighter side, the only thing they may correctly guess right, would be all police officers’ stereotypical love for doughnuts.
However, this is the essential point where Darren Burch’s Twisted But True comes into the picture. It is a brilliant piece of non-fiction work which details what it is like to be a police officer in an entertaining and educative way. At the end of the day, the reader is entertained by Burch’s wide range of tales, and educated about the processes involving in stopping, preventing, and investigating crime.
Twisted But True is akin to an anthology of short stories. The only difference here is that it is a collection of some of the most interesting and bizarre stories about being on duty as a police officer. At the same time, it is a bit of a touching autobiography of the author.
Burch starts off by, like a superhero, giving the reader his origin story. Essentially, he narrates the motivation behind his becoming a police officer. Having that origin story in mind, I am pretty confident that the reader will not be surprised at the heroic acts which subsequently take place in the book.
Of all the stories in Twisted But True, there are two of them which I will always remember. They are “Bomb’s Away” and “Old Man and Batboy” in chapters 20 and 10 respectively. The former is a funny chapter, it also spoke to the absence of PTSD treatment for officers on the force involved in violent situations. The latter, on the other hand, is a more touching story that speaks to the need to have empathy as a person.
I would give Darren Burch’s Twisted But True a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. In my opinion, this rating is justified because the book presents a unique narrative on what it entails to be a police officer. The narration is in clear and crisp language.
One positive thing I found about this book was the amount of insight that the author gives. In the long run, I believe this helps the average civilian to be understanding towards the police, despite the bad reputation received in the media recently.
I enjoyed Darren Burch’s writing in Twisted But True so much that I do not find any negative aspects to report on it.
The book was well edited. It contained only a few grammatical errors. Due to the graphic description of certain crime and other scenes, I will only recommend this book to mature readers.
******
Twisted But True
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
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