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A review by saranh3
Soul Fraud by Andrew Givler
4.0
I started out with a sample of this one on Kindle. The sample started a little slow for me, but I had an opening on my KU stuff and decided I would try for a bit more beyond the sample, and see how I felt about it.
I stand by saying that it started out slow for me, but the more I read of it, the more I grew to like it. I found the main character of this thing surprisingly relatable--even though I am not male, haven't had the same kind of tragedy in my life, and certainly haven't had the supernatural elements from this book happen to me either. Somehow he was very relatable anyway, for me. Even when he did something stupid, it was UNDERSTANDABLE. Usually, when a character does something stupid it really upsets me because it doesn't feel like it makes sense. Or that the author made them stupid so the plot could happen. This time, I understood why, because it felt like something a real person would do in that situation, who didn't, perhaps, know all the rules. And I found several instances where I thought the author had very clever descriptions or details in this book as well. The plot was interesting enough to keep me from putting the book down, but honestly, the strength of the portrayal of the main characters, and the strength of some of the writing is probably what I was most interested in as this thing continued on.
I certainly enjoyed this book well enough to read the next entry, especially if it is free on KU.
I stand by saying that it started out slow for me, but the more I read of it, the more I grew to like it. I found the main character of this thing surprisingly relatable--even though I am not male, haven't had the same kind of tragedy in my life, and certainly haven't had the supernatural elements from this book happen to me either. Somehow he was very relatable anyway, for me. Even when he did something stupid, it was UNDERSTANDABLE. Usually, when a character does something stupid it really upsets me because it doesn't feel like it makes sense. Or that the author made them stupid so the plot could happen. This time, I understood why, because it felt like something a real person would do in that situation, who didn't, perhaps, know all the rules. And I found several instances where I thought the author had very clever descriptions or details in this book as well. The plot was interesting enough to keep me from putting the book down, but honestly, the strength of the portrayal of the main characters, and the strength of some of the writing is probably what I was most interested in as this thing continued on.
I certainly enjoyed this book well enough to read the next entry, especially if it is free on KU.