Review of Duplicity
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Review of Duplicity
[Following is a volunteer review of "Duplicity" by Fin C Gray.]
The story is arranged in such a way that each chapter describes a certain time in a family’s lifetime— the McIntyre family. Each chapter randomly picks a certain time in their development and describes their relations and experiences. The prelude opens the story on a man who is about to do something unusual. Then, in the first chapter, Daniel learns why he must always listen to his parents. Tom and Daniel make up for lost times later on— further down the timeline. The family also finds out why they need eachother, and their love is rekindled when things fall apart. They run in to jubilees, despairs, and normalities. Occasionally, their relations with friends tend to destabilize their duty to the home— but mostly to little avail. Meanwhile, a dark mist rises from the second end of the story. An extremist group is rapidly recruiting and plotting on how to enforce its sinister plans. The world around it seems to have changed, and through extremism they seek to counterbalance these changes, in the best way possible. The McIntyre family experiences drastic changes, and their lives are rocked to the core. This book is called Duplicity, by Fin C. Gray.
I loved the narrative— this is the type of thriller that evokes fear from its readers. The narration is so vivid, every word the writer puts down creates the image in the reader's head; as though you were watching a real movie. Fantastic. I liked the plot as well— it took the timeline and stretched it out enough for its reader to sense the plot that follows, and to better understand the plots in previous chapters. To be honest, it is a story that makes its reader indifferent to the play-out. I just enjoyed the book for having a proper storyline.
I didn't dislike anything much because a reader would naturally be indifferent to this kind of storyline. I thought one of the characters was a proper spoilt brat. I thought the sexual scenes were too detailed— however, it is an adult book. I must say the book has a strong adult theme; left for the reader to piece in; they may find it disturbing. Nevertheless, it is typical of the thriller genre. I thought it was very violent as well. Reading violence might be interesting, but in a book like this, were the descriptions print an actual movie in the reader's mind, it gets scary very quickly — as it would be in real life.
Fantastic book. I thought it was top class; even the theme has an element of sentiment. I must say that I found virtually no errors. The book is complete enough and professionally edited. I will rate this book a 4 out of 4 stars . This book can not possibly be better.
I recommend this piece to readers that like intense thrillers. Also, I believe readers that love drama will enjoy it as well. This book is not for readers younger than 16 years.
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Duplicity
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The story is arranged in such a way that each chapter describes a certain time in a family’s lifetime— the McIntyre family. Each chapter randomly picks a certain time in their development and describes their relations and experiences. The prelude opens the story on a man who is about to do something unusual. Then, in the first chapter, Daniel learns why he must always listen to his parents. Tom and Daniel make up for lost times later on— further down the timeline. The family also finds out why they need eachother, and their love is rekindled when things fall apart. They run in to jubilees, despairs, and normalities. Occasionally, their relations with friends tend to destabilize their duty to the home— but mostly to little avail. Meanwhile, a dark mist rises from the second end of the story. An extremist group is rapidly recruiting and plotting on how to enforce its sinister plans. The world around it seems to have changed, and through extremism they seek to counterbalance these changes, in the best way possible. The McIntyre family experiences drastic changes, and their lives are rocked to the core. This book is called Duplicity, by Fin C. Gray.
I loved the narrative— this is the type of thriller that evokes fear from its readers. The narration is so vivid, every word the writer puts down creates the image in the reader's head; as though you were watching a real movie. Fantastic. I liked the plot as well— it took the timeline and stretched it out enough for its reader to sense the plot that follows, and to better understand the plots in previous chapters. To be honest, it is a story that makes its reader indifferent to the play-out. I just enjoyed the book for having a proper storyline.
I didn't dislike anything much because a reader would naturally be indifferent to this kind of storyline. I thought one of the characters was a proper spoilt brat. I thought the sexual scenes were too detailed— however, it is an adult book. I must say the book has a strong adult theme; left for the reader to piece in; they may find it disturbing. Nevertheless, it is typical of the thriller genre. I thought it was very violent as well. Reading violence might be interesting, but in a book like this, were the descriptions print an actual movie in the reader's mind, it gets scary very quickly — as it would be in real life.
Fantastic book. I thought it was top class; even the theme has an element of sentiment. I must say that I found virtually no errors. The book is complete enough and professionally edited. I will rate this book a 4 out of 4 stars . This book can not possibly be better.
I recommend this piece to readers that like intense thrillers. Also, I believe readers that love drama will enjoy it as well. This book is not for readers younger than 16 years.
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Duplicity
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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