Review of The Devil Pulls the Strings
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Review of The Devil Pulls the Strings
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Devil Pulls the Strings" by J. W. Zarek.]
The expressive writing of the narration in this book is beautiful, especially on the later chapters of this book. The way J.W Zarek wrote them really made use of my own imagination as the reader as formed the image of the descriptions of the places, characters, objects, and the creatures that appeared in this work in my mind. Especially when it came to explaining things about the secret societies, the amount of lore behind them was impressive.
The fast-paced scenes were fun to read through. I love how they were narrated in a way where their length was just right and it gave me enough of an idea on what was happening around the characters involved in each those scenes.
The concept of combining multiple completely different genres in this book was done really well, I did not expect them to work so well together. At first I thought it might get messy from the amount of genres that didn't sound like they would go well together being combined in this story. But I was quickly proven wrong in this case. It is always nice to see authors do stuff like this. It really changed my way of thinking about what kind of concepts are possible in works of literature. It taught me that if somebody applied the knowledge, passion, and experience that they've gained in their work along with putting their mind to it; anybody can achieve something great.
I love how "Slavic Mythology" and the "Secret Societies" that were depicted in this book reminded me of all the magic, fantasy, and the mythology-based book series that I've read in the past. Which are still one of my all-time favorite kinds of books to read. After reading this book, I can safely say that this book is now one of them as well because of its well-written world building and its interesting take on the documentation of Paginini's life, works, and achievements. As a music lover and musician myself, I found this to be quite the read. I've never seen anybody else use the information about the famous violinist Niccolò Paganini in such a way before, which makes it unique in my own personal opinion.
The climax of the story was great! I love how it was executed along with its ending.
I give this book a score of a 5 out of 5-star rating because of its perfect grammar, proper use of punctuation marks, and superbly-written plot.
With all that said, I found one negative thing about this book: after I finished reading the synopsis and got to reading the prologue; its story progression looked rushed in my opinion. I am unsure if this was intentional or not but it gave me the impression that this book was a sequel to another book, which it obviously isn't.
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The Devil Pulls the Strings
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The expressive writing of the narration in this book is beautiful, especially on the later chapters of this book. The way J.W Zarek wrote them really made use of my own imagination as the reader as formed the image of the descriptions of the places, characters, objects, and the creatures that appeared in this work in my mind. Especially when it came to explaining things about the secret societies, the amount of lore behind them was impressive.
The fast-paced scenes were fun to read through. I love how they were narrated in a way where their length was just right and it gave me enough of an idea on what was happening around the characters involved in each those scenes.
The concept of combining multiple completely different genres in this book was done really well, I did not expect them to work so well together. At first I thought it might get messy from the amount of genres that didn't sound like they would go well together being combined in this story. But I was quickly proven wrong in this case. It is always nice to see authors do stuff like this. It really changed my way of thinking about what kind of concepts are possible in works of literature. It taught me that if somebody applied the knowledge, passion, and experience that they've gained in their work along with putting their mind to it; anybody can achieve something great.
I love how "Slavic Mythology" and the "Secret Societies" that were depicted in this book reminded me of all the magic, fantasy, and the mythology-based book series that I've read in the past. Which are still one of my all-time favorite kinds of books to read. After reading this book, I can safely say that this book is now one of them as well because of its well-written world building and its interesting take on the documentation of Paginini's life, works, and achievements. As a music lover and musician myself, I found this to be quite the read. I've never seen anybody else use the information about the famous violinist Niccolò Paganini in such a way before, which makes it unique in my own personal opinion.
The climax of the story was great! I love how it was executed along with its ending.
I give this book a score of a 5 out of 5-star rating because of its perfect grammar, proper use of punctuation marks, and superbly-written plot.
With all that said, I found one negative thing about this book: after I finished reading the synopsis and got to reading the prologue; its story progression looked rushed in my opinion. I am unsure if this was intentional or not but it gave me the impression that this book was a sequel to another book, which it obviously isn't.
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The Devil Pulls the Strings
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