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Review of Fill The Gaps
[Following is a volunteer review of "Fill The Gaps" by Andrew Johnston.]
Some friends want to see you do better but not do better than them. Isaac is a twenty-four-year-old insecure and egoistical university dropout. Will is his flatmate and old university friend who works at a call center. While Lyle is his other flatmate who does a waiting job.
Fill The Gaps by Andrew Johnston is a fictional novel that has thirteen chapters and 176 pages. It is a story about the main character, Isaac, and how he manages everyone around him. Isaac who falsifies his C.V. to get a job lies to his friends that he works in a private corporate IT security firm. He speaks condescendingly to Will when he talks about his passion for art because he is guided by materialism and is disdainful of artistic values. He also directs this negative feeling to Lyle who doesn't like his waiting job. He meets Diane a coffee shop attendant who he wants to control how she feels and everything about her. However, there is Cullen, an Irish friend of Isaac who finds out about his fake job prospects. He links up with him to start a dangerous mission. What mission did Cullen and Isaac get into? How did Will and Lyle's life play out? How did Isaac's behavior affect his life? Find out by reading this great book.
What caught my eye about this book was the descriptive expertise of the author and this helped to create vivid imagery of the happenings. Each character's journey provides valuable lessons to the readers. For example, Will didn't just have a huge passion for art he didn't give up on learning more about it. I also liked how I could relate to whatever feelings the characters had. Isaac life's made me realize the effect of being alone. Are you just shutting out others to be something? or you haven't done anything with your life even with shutting others out? Find out the consequence of any by reading this book.
Choosing what I loved the most about this book is very difficult because I loved every bit of it. The story proved to be incredibly unpredictable as the suspense had my heart racing. This could be seen when I discovered why Cullen linked up with Isaac. I must add that I loved how the third person omniscient point of view allowed Andrew to delve into the thoughts of any character making the narrator godlike. I loved how Cullen was like the character used by the author to tell me things at the end of the story. I also loved how Diane was used as the character to reveal Isaac's behavior to him. Isaac is a grandiose narcissist. He makes sure he belittles every plan his friends tell him. He uses incorrigibility as a defense mechanism. I learned that one should be careful of friends one tells about one's plans. Furthermore, I loved how there was a sense of continuity between chapters.
This book was so good I couldn't find anything negative about it. Will, Lyle, and Cullen were hopeless about their lives in the beginning but that didn't stop them from thriving to be better. For example, Will grew from drawing random figures to selling arts. This aspect of the book was realistic in the sense that life doesn't give us all our expectations but that doesn't mean we should stop believing in ourselves.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars because this book is professionally edited. Most pages are free from errors and I must say that this is worthy of commendation. I can't imagine what I would have missed if I didn't read this book to the end.
I recommend this book to everyone as the content isn't age-restricted. It will also appeal to readers who like emotional and relatable stories.
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Fill The Gaps
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Some friends want to see you do better but not do better than them. Isaac is a twenty-four-year-old insecure and egoistical university dropout. Will is his flatmate and old university friend who works at a call center. While Lyle is his other flatmate who does a waiting job.
Fill The Gaps by Andrew Johnston is a fictional novel that has thirteen chapters and 176 pages. It is a story about the main character, Isaac, and how he manages everyone around him. Isaac who falsifies his C.V. to get a job lies to his friends that he works in a private corporate IT security firm. He speaks condescendingly to Will when he talks about his passion for art because he is guided by materialism and is disdainful of artistic values. He also directs this negative feeling to Lyle who doesn't like his waiting job. He meets Diane a coffee shop attendant who he wants to control how she feels and everything about her. However, there is Cullen, an Irish friend of Isaac who finds out about his fake job prospects. He links up with him to start a dangerous mission. What mission did Cullen and Isaac get into? How did Will and Lyle's life play out? How did Isaac's behavior affect his life? Find out by reading this great book.
What caught my eye about this book was the descriptive expertise of the author and this helped to create vivid imagery of the happenings. Each character's journey provides valuable lessons to the readers. For example, Will didn't just have a huge passion for art he didn't give up on learning more about it. I also liked how I could relate to whatever feelings the characters had. Isaac life's made me realize the effect of being alone. Are you just shutting out others to be something? or you haven't done anything with your life even with shutting others out? Find out the consequence of any by reading this book.
Choosing what I loved the most about this book is very difficult because I loved every bit of it. The story proved to be incredibly unpredictable as the suspense had my heart racing. This could be seen when I discovered why Cullen linked up with Isaac. I must add that I loved how the third person omniscient point of view allowed Andrew to delve into the thoughts of any character making the narrator godlike. I loved how Cullen was like the character used by the author to tell me things at the end of the story. I also loved how Diane was used as the character to reveal Isaac's behavior to him. Isaac is a grandiose narcissist. He makes sure he belittles every plan his friends tell him. He uses incorrigibility as a defense mechanism. I learned that one should be careful of friends one tells about one's plans. Furthermore, I loved how there was a sense of continuity between chapters.
This book was so good I couldn't find anything negative about it. Will, Lyle, and Cullen were hopeless about their lives in the beginning but that didn't stop them from thriving to be better. For example, Will grew from drawing random figures to selling arts. This aspect of the book was realistic in the sense that life doesn't give us all our expectations but that doesn't mean we should stop believing in ourselves.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars because this book is professionally edited. Most pages are free from errors and I must say that this is worthy of commendation. I can't imagine what I would have missed if I didn't read this book to the end.
I recommend this book to everyone as the content isn't age-restricted. It will also appeal to readers who like emotional and relatable stories.
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Fill The Gaps
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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