Review by lacos2693 -- For the Love of Suzanne
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Review by lacos2693 -- For the Love of Suzanne
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "For the Love of Suzanne" by Kristi Hudecek-Ashwill.]
1 out of 4 stars
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This book Is about a beautiful woman in an abusive marriage who finds herself pregnant and lost in the wild west during the 18th century after crashing her car. She is at the mercy of the white men in the fort, the fearsome Indians and the white men in the mountains. Her savior and only friend is a half Indian man called Cody Black Fox.
As can be inferred from the title, this book is a romance with a good healthy dose of fantasy and religion mixed in. The story line was interesting and unique with certain situations coming as a surprise. The male protagonist, Cody Black Fox, was a very likeable character whose situation made you empathise and feel for him. The book truly showed the harsh reality of being a "half-breed" in such a cruel, prejudiced time. Moreover, Cody's feelings of never fitting in and being an outcast are described consistently throughout the book in a very heartfelt way. In addition, the two spunky women, Marda and Jenny, were entertaining with wonderful dialogue, which was another highlight in this book.
On the other hand, the book as a whole was written in a rush with no attention to detail. Reading it was like being on a train which stops and starts suddenly, with no cohesion and flow. Furthermore, the female protagonist is a spineless, bipolar character with no real development of character or strength throughout the story. Throughout the story she routinely collapses, cries, needs someone to save her and not only that, she sacrifices nothing whereas Cody has to sacrifice almost his whole life and everything he loved to save her. Additionally, throughout the book her descriptions of Beau become increasingly worse and worse to the point that Beau is a villain and you wonder why and how could she marry such a person in the first place. To add to that, the dialogue and descriptions of people, actions and feeling was filled with cliches which had really done their time. Lastly, the part I found hardest to come to terms with was the complete and utter lack of description. This is a story about a person who was transported from one time to another and should be filled with awe filled descriptions and detail, but it was written with almost absolutely no description. The story goes through the wild desert, the majestic Rocky mountains and the tranquil grasslands but I could not see or feel any of it.
I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars.
The storyline was good with a lot happening in only 400 pages but there was little or no character development, the two best female characters were limited to a few scarce pages and the lack of description made it a very sad read for me. I have never been to the USA, let alone the Rocky mountains, so to go there and yet not be able to imagine anything at all was quite upsetting. Writing a description from the eyes of Cody Black Fox, who has a reverance for nature as Native Americans do, would have enriched the book considerably. This book has the potential of being an amazing read.
I believe this book is for people who do not mind a huge amount of dialogue and a severe lack of description.
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1 out of 4 stars
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This book Is about a beautiful woman in an abusive marriage who finds herself pregnant and lost in the wild west during the 18th century after crashing her car. She is at the mercy of the white men in the fort, the fearsome Indians and the white men in the mountains. Her savior and only friend is a half Indian man called Cody Black Fox.
As can be inferred from the title, this book is a romance with a good healthy dose of fantasy and religion mixed in. The story line was interesting and unique with certain situations coming as a surprise. The male protagonist, Cody Black Fox, was a very likeable character whose situation made you empathise and feel for him. The book truly showed the harsh reality of being a "half-breed" in such a cruel, prejudiced time. Moreover, Cody's feelings of never fitting in and being an outcast are described consistently throughout the book in a very heartfelt way. In addition, the two spunky women, Marda and Jenny, were entertaining with wonderful dialogue, which was another highlight in this book.
On the other hand, the book as a whole was written in a rush with no attention to detail. Reading it was like being on a train which stops and starts suddenly, with no cohesion and flow. Furthermore, the female protagonist is a spineless, bipolar character with no real development of character or strength throughout the story. Throughout the story she routinely collapses, cries, needs someone to save her and not only that, she sacrifices nothing whereas Cody has to sacrifice almost his whole life and everything he loved to save her. Additionally, throughout the book her descriptions of Beau become increasingly worse and worse to the point that Beau is a villain and you wonder why and how could she marry such a person in the first place. To add to that, the dialogue and descriptions of people, actions and feeling was filled with cliches which had really done their time. Lastly, the part I found hardest to come to terms with was the complete and utter lack of description. This is a story about a person who was transported from one time to another and should be filled with awe filled descriptions and detail, but it was written with almost absolutely no description. The story goes through the wild desert, the majestic Rocky mountains and the tranquil grasslands but I could not see or feel any of it.
I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars.
The storyline was good with a lot happening in only 400 pages but there was little or no character development, the two best female characters were limited to a few scarce pages and the lack of description made it a very sad read for me. I have never been to the USA, let alone the Rocky mountains, so to go there and yet not be able to imagine anything at all was quite upsetting. Writing a description from the eyes of Cody Black Fox, who has a reverance for nature as Native Americans do, would have enriched the book considerably. This book has the potential of being an amazing read.
I believe this book is for people who do not mind a huge amount of dialogue and a severe lack of description.
******
For the Love of Suzanne
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