Review by Nkechi Odega -- The Devil Pulls the Strings
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Review by Nkechi Odega -- The Devil Pulls the Strings
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Devil Pulls the Strings" by J. W. Zarek.]
Boone Daniels is a role playing renaissance knight, who lost his family mysteriously at a young age and has been suffering the consequences in the form of panic attacks and a Wendigo haunting since that day. He injured his best friend in a jousting competition and promises to replace his friend in a band that is playing an important gig in New York.
When Boone arrives in New York, he bumps into Sapphire, who is a musical student of Professor Stone and they both witnessed his death. They are attacked by Professor Stone’s killers and have to run for their lives. They find out that Professor Stone was killed for a music sheet that summons the devil and they have to find it first before other nefarious people do; so their magical adventure begins.
The Devil Pulls the Strings is a very well written story with no grammatical error and very few and mild profanity, which made me enjoy the story more. J.W. Zarek does a fantastic job of pulling the reader into the story. At the beginning, you as the reader are just as confused about events happening as the male protagonist Boone. This gives the reader the feeling of being fully immersed in Boone’s adventure and self discovery. We start with an event which seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the story and at first it is not clear whether the story is based in the present day or the character travelled back in time.
I must confess to not finding a negative aspect for this story, I think it just ticked all the right boxes for me. Which were, romantic elements, little profanity, adventure, character chemistry and witty remarks made by the male protagonist. For example, Boone says “’Visit and experience the vibrant, heart-pounding, exciting city that never sleeps’ I say, throwing away my smile. ‘I don’t think this is what the ad meant’” . These are just some of the sarcastic witty remarks he makes which makes you laugh.
I gave this story a 4 out of 4 stars because I really enjoyed how well written it was, as well as the concept of the story, the banter between the characters which was very funny at times; also the dialogue constructions were absolutely great. For example, when Boone touches the giant book that shows him what he needs to see for the first time, his reaction had me in stitches of laughter when Rizos tells him that people have different reactions which include death. I also love the fact that each chapter has a title, I think that gives any story an added charm for me.
I would recommend this story to anyone who loves time travelling adventure and good character chemistry.
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The Devil Pulls the Strings
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Boone Daniels is a role playing renaissance knight, who lost his family mysteriously at a young age and has been suffering the consequences in the form of panic attacks and a Wendigo haunting since that day. He injured his best friend in a jousting competition and promises to replace his friend in a band that is playing an important gig in New York.
When Boone arrives in New York, he bumps into Sapphire, who is a musical student of Professor Stone and they both witnessed his death. They are attacked by Professor Stone’s killers and have to run for their lives. They find out that Professor Stone was killed for a music sheet that summons the devil and they have to find it first before other nefarious people do; so their magical adventure begins.
The Devil Pulls the Strings is a very well written story with no grammatical error and very few and mild profanity, which made me enjoy the story more. J.W. Zarek does a fantastic job of pulling the reader into the story. At the beginning, you as the reader are just as confused about events happening as the male protagonist Boone. This gives the reader the feeling of being fully immersed in Boone’s adventure and self discovery. We start with an event which seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the story and at first it is not clear whether the story is based in the present day or the character travelled back in time.
I must confess to not finding a negative aspect for this story, I think it just ticked all the right boxes for me. Which were, romantic elements, little profanity, adventure, character chemistry and witty remarks made by the male protagonist. For example, Boone says “’Visit and experience the vibrant, heart-pounding, exciting city that never sleeps’ I say, throwing away my smile. ‘I don’t think this is what the ad meant’” . These are just some of the sarcastic witty remarks he makes which makes you laugh.
I gave this story a 4 out of 4 stars because I really enjoyed how well written it was, as well as the concept of the story, the banter between the characters which was very funny at times; also the dialogue constructions were absolutely great. For example, when Boone touches the giant book that shows him what he needs to see for the first time, his reaction had me in stitches of laughter when Rizos tells him that people have different reactions which include death. I also love the fact that each chapter has a title, I think that gives any story an added charm for me.
I would recommend this story to anyone who loves time travelling adventure and good character chemistry.
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The Devil Pulls the Strings
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