Sara
and Andy met at a funeral home. Both had long been caregivers to a
remaining parent. The care giving had prevented either of them from
being very social. They were immediately attracted to each other and
were soon married. In a fairy tale, rags to riches story, they
quickly become extremely wealthy. Their wealth allowed them to form a
plan to avenge for a wrong done a long time ago.
The
plot of this novel is pretty good. Who doesn't want to see the bad
guy finally pay for an evil deed done years ago?
I
was distracted by the quality of the writing, however. The author
switches viewpoint indiscriminately. In one sentence she was thinking
while the next paragraph starts with what he was thinking. There is
also a mixture of verb usage, with awkward combinations of past tense
and present tense in the same sentence. Also, an odd mixture of
pronouns, such as, “They all took a sip of their wine as the salad
was being served with your choice of over fifty different types of
dressing on the salad cart.” (67) (I wonder how big that salad cart
was with fifty different salad dressings on it!) And then there is
the odd habit of each character addressing the other by name each
time during a conversation. (People just do not talk that way.) There
is also the use of precise times and distances, such as, “forty-three
minutes later...”
I
was disappointed the way the author presented Christian ministers.
Sara's mother died when she was thirteen. Her father, a minister,
made advances to her when she turned eighteen. She was stronger and
able to push him away so he went to his girlfriend's to satisfy
himself. The replacement minister turns out to be a gambler and a
thief, skimming off the offerings. Not a very good showing for
Christians.
The
novel glorifies gambling and Andy routinely lies. The novel gave me
the impression these actions were fine if the end resulted in
justice. There are many mentions of “luck” as Sara and Andy
pursue their cause. There is never any mention of trusting God or
anything like that.
A
pretty good plot line but the unfavorable depiction of Christianity
and the writing style were just too distracting for me to thoroughly
enjoy this novel.
Ronald
Glanz received his B.S. In Mechanical Engineering from Rose
Polytechnic Institute in 1967. He and his wife live in Mineral,
Virginia.
CreateSpace
Independent Publishing Platform, 284 pages.
I
received a complimentary copy of this book through the Book Club
Network for the purpose of an independent and honest review.
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