Review of Knight's Tour
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 15:39
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Knight's Tour" by Earl James.]
Knight's Tour: A Morrow's Con Story by Earl James tells the story of Morrow, a con man who has to outsmart a billion-dollar company, stay alive and earn his money. He was hired by the company to find employees who had embezzled the company’s funds and were on the run, but while investigating, he discovered that there was much more to the story and to preserve his life, he would have to play a game of chess with a billion-dollar company and be smarter than them at it.
As a private investigator, he got a call from a company called Langley. He met the representative, who turned out to be a secretary at a company named Madison. She told him how four employees of the company were missing. It seemed like a simple case until she added that twenty-six million dollars was also missing, and the company believed the employees took it. Morrow agreed to work on the case, and the real story began there.
I like that the chapters of the book seemed well defined. The writing style was consistent throughout the story, and the action scenes seemed genuine. The book encouraged readers to see through the eyes of the main character and think like him. The plot twists were perfectly done as well. On the plot itself, it moved at an acceptable pace, not too fast or slow. The writing is also of a good standard, and it was neither bulky nor confusing.
What I didn't like about the book was that there were a lot of characters, so keeping track of each one along with their personality traits seemed to detract from the general plot of the story. The book also seemed a bit too simplistic for older or more experienced readers, except when it was an action scene or a paragraph describing something technical. I equally thought the book could use a little more diversity. There was only one non-white character in the entire book; the story could have accommodated a few non-white characters.
I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I deducted a star for the same reasons I noted in the paragraph containing the things I didn't necessarily like about the book. It's no doubt that the book was professionally edited because I found only one error in it.
I recommend Knight's Tour: A Morrow's Con Story by Earl James to readers who like stories with a dose of mystery, action, and thriller. Anyone who likes morally grey characters would like this book as well.
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Knight's Tour
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Knight's Tour: A Morrow's Con Story by Earl James tells the story of Morrow, a con man who has to outsmart a billion-dollar company, stay alive and earn his money. He was hired by the company to find employees who had embezzled the company’s funds and were on the run, but while investigating, he discovered that there was much more to the story and to preserve his life, he would have to play a game of chess with a billion-dollar company and be smarter than them at it.
As a private investigator, he got a call from a company called Langley. He met the representative, who turned out to be a secretary at a company named Madison. She told him how four employees of the company were missing. It seemed like a simple case until she added that twenty-six million dollars was also missing, and the company believed the employees took it. Morrow agreed to work on the case, and the real story began there.
I like that the chapters of the book seemed well defined. The writing style was consistent throughout the story, and the action scenes seemed genuine. The book encouraged readers to see through the eyes of the main character and think like him. The plot twists were perfectly done as well. On the plot itself, it moved at an acceptable pace, not too fast or slow. The writing is also of a good standard, and it was neither bulky nor confusing.
What I didn't like about the book was that there were a lot of characters, so keeping track of each one along with their personality traits seemed to detract from the general plot of the story. The book also seemed a bit too simplistic for older or more experienced readers, except when it was an action scene or a paragraph describing something technical. I equally thought the book could use a little more diversity. There was only one non-white character in the entire book; the story could have accommodated a few non-white characters.
I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I deducted a star for the same reasons I noted in the paragraph containing the things I didn't necessarily like about the book. It's no doubt that the book was professionally edited because I found only one error in it.
I recommend Knight's Tour: A Morrow's Con Story by Earl James to readers who like stories with a dose of mystery, action, and thriller. Anyone who likes morally grey characters would like this book as well.
******
Knight's Tour
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon