Official Review: The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed ...

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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World" by Dermot Davis.]

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The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World by Dermot Davis, is a satire which gives a hilarious portrayal of the publishing world and self-help gurus along with their significant number of followers. I must say, at one point in the story, I did drop the book down while laughing out loud. The story is original and very well written. The author's quirky sense of humor is a rare find.

Pretty self-absorbed, the protagonist Daniel, thought that nothing was in his way to be one of the greatest authors of all times when he won the literature award of the college he graduated from. Alas, 10 years later we have in our hands an author whose books were either published and failed miserably or not published at all. After being rejected one more time by his agent Suzanne who , by the way, is a metaphor all by herself for anything and everything wrong in the publishing world, and having a meltdown due to the rejection, he walks in a bookstore to see a best selling author and his followers. Disgusted by the whole thing, he decides to write a book suitable for the market. Inspired by the scene at the book store he writes a satire thrashing the self-help concept. Suzanne has the book published. Then hell breaks loose......

The book gets better and better with each page even though it starts a bit slow. The author has a great style that envelopes the reader with fluent and seamless story telling. It has also a play flavour with it. I could actually vividly picture the characters entering and exiting the stage while reading this book. The characters are perfectly introduced and developed which also helps the metaphors to be captured clearly by the readers. Editing is immaculate, presentation is flawless.

One thing I didn't care about the book was the ending. It ended so abruptly that it felt almost incomplete. The epilogue tried to tie the loose ends but I would personally much rather the ending was gradually developed. It might be just that I enjoyed the book so much that I didn't want it to end so quickly.

Overall I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. I would gladly give it 4 stars if it wasn't for the ending. It is a great satire and it is very funny. You will find yourself laughing at the story, but also you will find yourself laughing at yourselves. I recommend this book to everyone but especially to the writers out there who are trying to catch a break.

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