Review of The Second Five
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 05:26
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Second Five" by Raymond Maher.]
The Second Five by Raymond Maher is a sequel to the first book, The Deadly Five. Despite being a sequel, it can be read independently. In this book, two of the partners in the preceding book are replaced by two new partners, CF, the son of one of the existing partners, Jacque, and Henry, the English gentleman. This partnership is made up of persons engaged in the gold search, which to them is an adventure of fellowship with one another and friendship. This adventure is confronted by difficulties, as their enemies from the past—Frenchy and his brothers—come back reenergized to make new trouble and even join forces with the partners' new enemies for the destruction of the partners. The gates of hell broke loose when these enemies escaped from prison and vowed to forcefully snatch the gold of the partners as well as their lives.
Narrated with the first person point of view, The Second Five has equally good and bad moments. An example of a good moment is when Mean Mike purchased King from an auction sale. An example of a sad moment is when CF's crow was shot and also what happened to Smith.
There are some positive aspects of the book. First, the book, majorly written in English, had some speeches by some of the characters speaking in other languages like French. However, the author did a fine job of translating through the character CF. Second, the book, though small, contained important details of the adventure and did not bore readers with unconnected details.
There are some negative aspects of the book. One negative is the fact that the author did a poor job with the use of suspense. Suspense is a literary tool that keeps a reader on edge and glued to the book. However, there was little to no use of suspense in the book. There was nothing to anticipate or keep one on edge. Even on occasions where there were threats to the life and the gold of the partners by their enemies, the narration did not seem to give it the air of actual threat. Another negative is that the book did not give details on how to get the permit or license involved in searching for gold. One would expect that in the country at the time the book was situated, there should be existing legislation or procedure on how to become licensed in searching for this gold at the places. Assuming there is no existing legislation or procedure, it should also have been stated.
I find the book exciting and would have given it a complete rating but for the negatives identified above. There are minimal errors in the book. This is proof that it was professionally edited. Thus, I'm rating the book 3 out of 4. I recommend this book to people who enjoy stories involving adventures.
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The Second Five
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The Second Five by Raymond Maher is a sequel to the first book, The Deadly Five. Despite being a sequel, it can be read independently. In this book, two of the partners in the preceding book are replaced by two new partners, CF, the son of one of the existing partners, Jacque, and Henry, the English gentleman. This partnership is made up of persons engaged in the gold search, which to them is an adventure of fellowship with one another and friendship. This adventure is confronted by difficulties, as their enemies from the past—Frenchy and his brothers—come back reenergized to make new trouble and even join forces with the partners' new enemies for the destruction of the partners. The gates of hell broke loose when these enemies escaped from prison and vowed to forcefully snatch the gold of the partners as well as their lives.
Narrated with the first person point of view, The Second Five has equally good and bad moments. An example of a good moment is when Mean Mike purchased King from an auction sale. An example of a sad moment is when CF's crow was shot and also what happened to Smith.
There are some positive aspects of the book. First, the book, majorly written in English, had some speeches by some of the characters speaking in other languages like French. However, the author did a fine job of translating through the character CF. Second, the book, though small, contained important details of the adventure and did not bore readers with unconnected details.
There are some negative aspects of the book. One negative is the fact that the author did a poor job with the use of suspense. Suspense is a literary tool that keeps a reader on edge and glued to the book. However, there was little to no use of suspense in the book. There was nothing to anticipate or keep one on edge. Even on occasions where there were threats to the life and the gold of the partners by their enemies, the narration did not seem to give it the air of actual threat. Another negative is that the book did not give details on how to get the permit or license involved in searching for gold. One would expect that in the country at the time the book was situated, there should be existing legislation or procedure on how to become licensed in searching for this gold at the places. Assuming there is no existing legislation or procedure, it should also have been stated.
I find the book exciting and would have given it a complete rating but for the negatives identified above. There are minimal errors in the book. This is proof that it was professionally edited. Thus, I'm rating the book 3 out of 4. I recommend this book to people who enjoy stories involving adventures.
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The Second Five
View: on Bookshelves