Review by Dman_1996 -- McDowell by William H. Coles
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Review by Dman_1996 -- McDowell by William H. Coles
[Following is a volunteer review of "McDowell" by William H. Coles.]
William H. Coles is the author of McDowell, a novel that tells the story of a top surgeon whose perfect life is not what it seems and how he combats obstacles that are in his way. The genre of this book is deemed “Other Fiction”. This author split this novel up into two parts and it held my attention from beginning to end. Coles provide superb writing with unknown twist-and-turns and a host of characters that are introduced throughout, making the reading experience even better.
In Part 1 of the novel, the author introduces Dr. Hiram McDowell. He’s a top surgeon that resides in Denver, Colorado with his two teenagers, Billie and Sophie, and with his third wife Carole and her daughters, Tasha and Candace. Hiram is an avid mountain climber, who is seen to the public and his peers as a brilliant doctor who helped create a hospital in a third-world country and is on the board of directors for the International College of Surgeons. With such prestige, you would hope for someone to be thankful for their life, but Hiram comes off as a cheater, liar, and overall bad guy to those around him; which leads to him getting in trouble with the law.
Part 2 of the novel is about McDowell learning how to fend in the world without his usual resources of money and connections. He’s on the run from the law and has to go on this self-discovery journey to find out why his life has turned upside down and how to remedy all his faults. Using his expertise in mountain climbing aids in his ability to survive. With limited resources at his disposal, Hiram now has to function like the people he usually looked down on. The author does a great job of showing how this evolution of McDowell from part one to part two of the book is gradual and you’ll see how his character learned how to deal with the cards he has been dealt with.
This book is full of profanity and occasional erotic scenes. So, anyone who is okay with a book that contains these elements will make them a suitable reader. But, if you are not a fan of novels with profanity and erotic scenes then this will not be your niche. 18 years old and up is the target audience. If you want to read a book that is action-packed where you are constantly on the edge of your seat... then this is your book.
I really love this book because of the structure and flow of the story. The organization was clearly important to the author; that is why each chapter or section of the book followed each character on their own individual journey and how they relate back to the overall story. And, there were no grammatical errors that I’ve noticed. That’s why I’m rating this book with 4 out of 4 stars.
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McDowell
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William H. Coles is the author of McDowell, a novel that tells the story of a top surgeon whose perfect life is not what it seems and how he combats obstacles that are in his way. The genre of this book is deemed “Other Fiction”. This author split this novel up into two parts and it held my attention from beginning to end. Coles provide superb writing with unknown twist-and-turns and a host of characters that are introduced throughout, making the reading experience even better.
In Part 1 of the novel, the author introduces Dr. Hiram McDowell. He’s a top surgeon that resides in Denver, Colorado with his two teenagers, Billie and Sophie, and with his third wife Carole and her daughters, Tasha and Candace. Hiram is an avid mountain climber, who is seen to the public and his peers as a brilliant doctor who helped create a hospital in a third-world country and is on the board of directors for the International College of Surgeons. With such prestige, you would hope for someone to be thankful for their life, but Hiram comes off as a cheater, liar, and overall bad guy to those around him; which leads to him getting in trouble with the law.
Part 2 of the novel is about McDowell learning how to fend in the world without his usual resources of money and connections. He’s on the run from the law and has to go on this self-discovery journey to find out why his life has turned upside down and how to remedy all his faults. Using his expertise in mountain climbing aids in his ability to survive. With limited resources at his disposal, Hiram now has to function like the people he usually looked down on. The author does a great job of showing how this evolution of McDowell from part one to part two of the book is gradual and you’ll see how his character learned how to deal with the cards he has been dealt with.
This book is full of profanity and occasional erotic scenes. So, anyone who is okay with a book that contains these elements will make them a suitable reader. But, if you are not a fan of novels with profanity and erotic scenes then this will not be your niche. 18 years old and up is the target audience. If you want to read a book that is action-packed where you are constantly on the edge of your seat... then this is your book.
I really love this book because of the structure and flow of the story. The organization was clearly important to the author; that is why each chapter or section of the book followed each character on their own individual journey and how they relate back to the overall story. And, there were no grammatical errors that I’ve noticed. That’s why I’m rating this book with 4 out of 4 stars.
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McDowell
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