Review of The Devil Pulls the Strings

[Peace10]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Devil Pulls the Strings" by J. W. Zarek.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Devil Pulls the Strings is a fantasy and sci-fi book. We can’t say it’s only about science because there was magic in there too. The story is about two young people, Boone Daniels and Sapphire Anjou. Boone Daniels is a man in his twenties with a special ability to see visions. Boone comes from Missouri, where he is into jousting. At the appointed time of some prophecy, Boone severely injures his friend, Flynn Michaels, in a jousting game, for the fulfillment of this prophecy. As a result of this incident, Boone is to stand in for his friend at a concert in New York City. He takes off to New York, searching for Professor Stone by Flynn’s directives. Boone gets to Professor Stone’s residence, only to meet with his dead body and several of his murderers. There, he bumps into Sapphire Anjou. She’s a French Violinist and also an assistant to Professor Stone. She and Boone both fled the scene, escaping from the murderers. This marks the beginning of their journey together, looking for the three pieces of music belonging to a renowned musician, Niccolo Paganini. These three pieces of music are Caprices, Cantabile, and Le Streghe.

The Devil Pulls the Strings is a captivating novel that keeps the readers interested in what will happen next. There was a lot of suspense in the book and a sense of love and attraction between the main characters. I love Sapphire’s character. She’s bright, brilliant, and intelligent. I liked how she helped Boone overcome his trauma with that breathing technique. I learned that too from her. Boone, the main character of the story, the one whom the whole book revolves around, did an outstanding job in this. One can’t help but see the length of research Mr. Joseph W. Zarek did on Boone. His resilient character is one unique thing I noticed about him. How he doesn’t get scared of challenges, his commitment to the mission, even though he can just take his leave, his smartness, rapid to assemble facts.

There’s nothing I dislike about this book, except that there are some things that do not add up to me. Boone will be given a warning or told not to do something, but when he does it, there will be no consequences. That means that event was to happen, then why the warning? It doesn’t count as negative aspect of the novel. I’m just wondering about it.

I could not detect any errors while reading this story, which means it was exceptionally edited. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars. Mr. Joseph did an outstanding job.

I’ll recommend this to fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure lovers. It’s worth their time.

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[OTrain Disene]

Mixing science and magic seems to be something different. I love the book cover. It is attractive.

[Ndagire Hassifah1]

A mix of science and magic sounds appealing to me. I will definitely enjoy reading this book. Thanks for the great review.

[Amy Luman]

I am interested in the prophecies. Where do they come from? Who is giving them? Why are we supposed to believe them? The only other. Place I’ve encountered prophecies is the Bible.

[PeterRabitt20]

This seems intriguing. A fantasy about actual music pieces. I like the double-intention of the title. Thanks for your wonderful review!

[Oluwapelumi Rachael]

I've been seeing this book everywhere and your review has given me the final push to read it. I enjoy stories with a supernatural element and I can't wait to see how this story plays out.

[Daniel Oluwabiyi]

This book was so good I has to listen to the three pieces mentioned. They were incredible. Nice review.

[Regard003]

I love scientific fiction novels.. they make fiction seem so real with scientific back ups. I'm interested in reading this book. Nice review

[Rita Nuncia]

I love science fiction novels and this book seems to be very interesting as it has magic and music blended into it. The plot is quite captivating. Your review is well detailed and intriguing. Nice one!

[Nwaka Chukwuemeka]

I don't like this kind of book, from the cover page I know what the book will contain, the magic book is not my kind of book. Great review.

[Oyedeji Funmilayo]

I don't really enjoy books of this genre, but I enjoyed reading your review. Welldone!!!

[Oluwabiyi Israel]

It was hard to choose a favourite character. I eventually went for Nicollo Paganini. He played a major role in the plot despite not appearing once.

[Elruach]

I was skeptical about reading this book but after a suggestion from a friend and a glance through a few reviews, I finally read it...I wasn't disappointed! Great review here too.