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Review by Doziesixtus -- The Spirit of Want
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Spirit of Want" by William H. Coles.]
The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles features an utterly attractive and successful lady Lucy MacMiel, a lawyer by profession, who is always non-hesitant to display her opulence and freedom of action. Unsatisfied with her marriage to Luke Osbourne, a family friend and colleague of her dad’s, she finds solace in the arms one of her clients, Reverend Hower Bain. Hower was a difficult client in his first few encounters with Lucy, notwithstanding that his fate of being convicted with underage-rape relied on the level of competence attained by Lucy. After spending a considerable amount of time together, Lucy’s insatiable gratifications was being met by Hower, thereby enticing her away from her family to another continent – Africa. Thoughts of not seeing her daughter for years, complemented by her suspicion of Hower philandering with women reignited her eager to return to her family, but Lucy’s family’s attitude towards her wasn’t as rosy as she expected.
Gradual development of characters – through their accomplishments, background, pedigree, etc. – was used to differentiate the unique personas they all possessed. Lucy MacMiel had a more entertaining characterization than the rest, her unfriendly personality was better experienced through her actions and reactions in the drama than being narrated as an allegory to the reader. William H. Coles was able to present myriad of subplots and made them appear coherent through the book, consequently maintaining the overall plot of the book. Appropriate use of third person narration helped in giving more details to the direction of the drama, the author ensured these details didn’t serve as a spoiler to the reader.
I really admire the amount of effort spent in writing this fiction story, considering it relates more to what happens in the society and serves as bases for life lessons to people. The writing style was engaging, the story wasn’t generic for it to be predictable, it had the appropriate amount of drama needed to retain one’s interest. Most parts of the book were quite educative, I got to learn a lot of jargon from law, medical and political discipline. And most importantly, I enjoyed how the story culminated, the ending couldn’t have been better.
I found the author’s description of Africa to be quite inappropriate, he attributed the beautiful geography of Africa to a location with crude infrastructure and lacking civilization. To the best of my knowledge, I only encountered a single grammatical error, though it appeared as tautology – “In the last months of her life, Jennifer suffered the last few months her life beyond what any human deserved.” The book seemed to be professionally edited as it contains few missing words.
I rate the book a perfect score of four out of four stars, it was really interesting and I don’t mind reading the book again some other time. I would recommend the book to spouses and to everyone seeking a life partner. With the experience acquired from this book, I have come to realize that we ought to know things to expect in relationships and things to avoid.
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The Spirit of Want
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The Spirit of Want by William H. Coles features an utterly attractive and successful lady Lucy MacMiel, a lawyer by profession, who is always non-hesitant to display her opulence and freedom of action. Unsatisfied with her marriage to Luke Osbourne, a family friend and colleague of her dad’s, she finds solace in the arms one of her clients, Reverend Hower Bain. Hower was a difficult client in his first few encounters with Lucy, notwithstanding that his fate of being convicted with underage-rape relied on the level of competence attained by Lucy. After spending a considerable amount of time together, Lucy’s insatiable gratifications was being met by Hower, thereby enticing her away from her family to another continent – Africa. Thoughts of not seeing her daughter for years, complemented by her suspicion of Hower philandering with women reignited her eager to return to her family, but Lucy’s family’s attitude towards her wasn’t as rosy as she expected.
Gradual development of characters – through their accomplishments, background, pedigree, etc. – was used to differentiate the unique personas they all possessed. Lucy MacMiel had a more entertaining characterization than the rest, her unfriendly personality was better experienced through her actions and reactions in the drama than being narrated as an allegory to the reader. William H. Coles was able to present myriad of subplots and made them appear coherent through the book, consequently maintaining the overall plot of the book. Appropriate use of third person narration helped in giving more details to the direction of the drama, the author ensured these details didn’t serve as a spoiler to the reader.
I really admire the amount of effort spent in writing this fiction story, considering it relates more to what happens in the society and serves as bases for life lessons to people. The writing style was engaging, the story wasn’t generic for it to be predictable, it had the appropriate amount of drama needed to retain one’s interest. Most parts of the book were quite educative, I got to learn a lot of jargon from law, medical and political discipline. And most importantly, I enjoyed how the story culminated, the ending couldn’t have been better.
I found the author’s description of Africa to be quite inappropriate, he attributed the beautiful geography of Africa to a location with crude infrastructure and lacking civilization. To the best of my knowledge, I only encountered a single grammatical error, though it appeared as tautology – “In the last months of her life, Jennifer suffered the last few months her life beyond what any human deserved.” The book seemed to be professionally edited as it contains few missing words.
I rate the book a perfect score of four out of four stars, it was really interesting and I don’t mind reading the book again some other time. I would recommend the book to spouses and to everyone seeking a life partner. With the experience acquired from this book, I have come to realize that we ought to know things to expect in relationships and things to avoid.
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The Spirit of Want
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
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