Review of The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father
Posted: 25 May 2023, 16:10
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father" by Patrick A. Davy.]
"Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." This quote has crossed my mind lately, so when I found The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father by Patrick A. Davy, it sparked my curiosity to read the book. The story began with Pete, the boy who was deprived of the support and love of his father, who abandoned him even before he saw him, and the tenderness of his mother, who left him when he was a year old in the custody of his grandmother and aunt to study in England, but she kept in touch with him.
Pete never knew why his father abandoned him, and he kept wondering why all his life. He learned, graduated, married Faith and had two sons, but the search for his father is still a desire that represents a missing part of him that he couldn't overcome. So he decided to start his search for his father, using all means and people who could have knowledge of his father, like his aunt, who participated in his upbringing, and one of his relatives named Nigel. In the course of his search, and with many disappointments, Pete discovered some facts about his father, such as the existence of siblings. What did Pete discover, too? Was he able to reach his father and tell him everything that was on his mind during those years? Did he get an answer to his questions? All of that will be answered in this carefully written book.
I really liked the book with all its details and the author's way of narrating the events. Pete's character is filled with many feelings that give the story a realistic human aspect and raise many questions in my mind. Why all this insistence on meeting a father who doesn't care about you or even wants you to know his whereabouts? With my understanding of his desire to know the truth. The author really excelled in describing the feelings that stirred up inside Pete and focusing the events on what was important and related to the storyline. And with personal experience with those who don't appreciate what they have, whether children, parents, or family in general. Hence, I greatly appreciate the author's showing the dimensions of the personality that wishes for this to exist and the characters that symbolise the opposite.
I didn't find anything to dislike here, as all the elements are complete for me, whether the dialogue style, the plot of the story, or the drawing of the characters. However, I hoped that the author would add little information about the background of the relationship between the father and his children who lived with him, because I couldn't imagine a justification for their treatment and their apparent hatred of him. In my opinion, this would have been useful in increasing coexistence with the story.
I am one of the people who hate multiple relationships for many reasons, and in this story, the author sheds light in his own way on one of the negative effects of that, such as neglecting the children of those relationships and the difficulty or inability to give them or prove their rights, whether emotional or material. Despite the point that I mentioned in the previous paragraph, it does not detract from the book, and therefore it deserves to be rated 5 out of 5 stars.
I enjoyed and was greatly affected by reading the story and all the details added by the author, from the selfishness of the siblings to the lack of sympathy of the relatives. This book is well edited, and I recommend it to all readers, beginning with teenagers, especially those who have problems with their families. This story suits whoever wants to reach his entitlement, whether to know the truth of a matter or to reach his material right; it gives motivation not to give up and suits anyone who doesn't appreciate the blessings he has that someone else may wish for, even for a moment.
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The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father
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"Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." This quote has crossed my mind lately, so when I found The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father by Patrick A. Davy, it sparked my curiosity to read the book. The story began with Pete, the boy who was deprived of the support and love of his father, who abandoned him even before he saw him, and the tenderness of his mother, who left him when he was a year old in the custody of his grandmother and aunt to study in England, but she kept in touch with him.
Pete never knew why his father abandoned him, and he kept wondering why all his life. He learned, graduated, married Faith and had two sons, but the search for his father is still a desire that represents a missing part of him that he couldn't overcome. So he decided to start his search for his father, using all means and people who could have knowledge of his father, like his aunt, who participated in his upbringing, and one of his relatives named Nigel. In the course of his search, and with many disappointments, Pete discovered some facts about his father, such as the existence of siblings. What did Pete discover, too? Was he able to reach his father and tell him everything that was on his mind during those years? Did he get an answer to his questions? All of that will be answered in this carefully written book.
I really liked the book with all its details and the author's way of narrating the events. Pete's character is filled with many feelings that give the story a realistic human aspect and raise many questions in my mind. Why all this insistence on meeting a father who doesn't care about you or even wants you to know his whereabouts? With my understanding of his desire to know the truth. The author really excelled in describing the feelings that stirred up inside Pete and focusing the events on what was important and related to the storyline. And with personal experience with those who don't appreciate what they have, whether children, parents, or family in general. Hence, I greatly appreciate the author's showing the dimensions of the personality that wishes for this to exist and the characters that symbolise the opposite.
I didn't find anything to dislike here, as all the elements are complete for me, whether the dialogue style, the plot of the story, or the drawing of the characters. However, I hoped that the author would add little information about the background of the relationship between the father and his children who lived with him, because I couldn't imagine a justification for their treatment and their apparent hatred of him. In my opinion, this would have been useful in increasing coexistence with the story.
I am one of the people who hate multiple relationships for many reasons, and in this story, the author sheds light in his own way on one of the negative effects of that, such as neglecting the children of those relationships and the difficulty or inability to give them or prove their rights, whether emotional or material. Despite the point that I mentioned in the previous paragraph, it does not detract from the book, and therefore it deserves to be rated 5 out of 5 stars.
I enjoyed and was greatly affected by reading the story and all the details added by the author, from the selfishness of the siblings to the lack of sympathy of the relatives. This book is well edited, and I recommend it to all readers, beginning with teenagers, especially those who have problems with their families. This story suits whoever wants to reach his entitlement, whether to know the truth of a matter or to reach his material right; it gives motivation not to give up and suits anyone who doesn't appreciate the blessings he has that someone else may wish for, even for a moment.
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The Bitter-Sweet Search for a Father
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. Thank you Hazel