Review of Ironing
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Review of Ironing
[Following is a volunteer review of "Ironing" by Navajo.]
Ironing by Navajo revolves around three close college friends — Emma, Ginie and Royanda. For what seems like nearly the entire course of the book the trio are on a road trip “to the dogs.” As the author depicts, this group of friends are trendy millennials who just want to be left to themselves to have fun and revel as much as they want.
While on the trip, they chinwagged enthusiastically keeping themselves abreast of matters that matter to them. Emma, in particular, has always had a soft spot for dogs, it's the very essence of their trip, which is to watch greyhounds compete for top honours! Unfortunately, for this clique of friends, the day isn't as enjoyable as so planned. Their stay at the track and field event is short-lived, their innocence and gullibility is nearly taken advantage of, Emma has a ghastly encounter which leaves her covered in blood. She skips college classes for the rest of the week to reflect and be thankful.
The author has done a laudable job. I felt emotions. At some point, I smiled even chuckled. At another, I'm left feeling empathetic for some unfortunate event in the text. And so I commend the author for evoking and vivid narratives owing to the rich inventory of words creating timely poetic imagery. However, on the downside, there appears quite a lot of profanity and swear words; graphic sexual scene which would infer that this book is best suited for adults.
Ironing makes a good read, but it is not professionally edited. For one, there are misplaced and omitted punctuation marks and a couple of typos which isn't much of a distraction. This book isn't allotted needful chapters. To flow from one scene to the next without having a grasp as to where one chapter ends is truly worrying. It makes the reading experience a bit tiresome. Also, the characterization isn't just good enough. For some characters, they appear like twice or even once in the entire course of this fictional text. The next time they surface you can't help but wonder who exactly is this character again! On occasion of the reasons stated above, I rate this book two out of four stars.
Would I recommend this book for anyone? Not necessarily. Young adults like high school graduates and college students appears to be the target and appropriate audience and I consent so. Also, young adults who haven't had a feel of a fictional piece can do some serious reading beginning with Ironing by Navajo.
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Ironing
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Ironing by Navajo revolves around three close college friends — Emma, Ginie and Royanda. For what seems like nearly the entire course of the book the trio are on a road trip “to the dogs.” As the author depicts, this group of friends are trendy millennials who just want to be left to themselves to have fun and revel as much as they want.
While on the trip, they chinwagged enthusiastically keeping themselves abreast of matters that matter to them. Emma, in particular, has always had a soft spot for dogs, it's the very essence of their trip, which is to watch greyhounds compete for top honours! Unfortunately, for this clique of friends, the day isn't as enjoyable as so planned. Their stay at the track and field event is short-lived, their innocence and gullibility is nearly taken advantage of, Emma has a ghastly encounter which leaves her covered in blood. She skips college classes for the rest of the week to reflect and be thankful.
The author has done a laudable job. I felt emotions. At some point, I smiled even chuckled. At another, I'm left feeling empathetic for some unfortunate event in the text. And so I commend the author for evoking and vivid narratives owing to the rich inventory of words creating timely poetic imagery. However, on the downside, there appears quite a lot of profanity and swear words; graphic sexual scene which would infer that this book is best suited for adults.
Ironing makes a good read, but it is not professionally edited. For one, there are misplaced and omitted punctuation marks and a couple of typos which isn't much of a distraction. This book isn't allotted needful chapters. To flow from one scene to the next without having a grasp as to where one chapter ends is truly worrying. It makes the reading experience a bit tiresome. Also, the characterization isn't just good enough. For some characters, they appear like twice or even once in the entire course of this fictional text. The next time they surface you can't help but wonder who exactly is this character again! On occasion of the reasons stated above, I rate this book two out of four stars.
Would I recommend this book for anyone? Not necessarily. Young adults like high school graduates and college students appears to be the target and appropriate audience and I consent so. Also, young adults who haven't had a feel of a fictional piece can do some serious reading beginning with Ironing by Navajo.
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Ironing
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