FEATURED AUTHOR - John has delivered medical aid to orphanages and hospitals across the globe, including Romania during the revolution, South America, and Bosnia during the war. Now he has woven the tales of the extraordinary characters he met with into his thrilling novel, ‘Heartbreak’, the first novel in The Lenka Trilogy. 'Heartbreak' won the 2020 Page Turner Spectrum Award. He has written three trilogies: The 1930's based epic adventures, The Rogues Trilogy; the 1960s thrillers, The Lochran Trilogy, and now…
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Dai Alanye’s book reviews
An interesting if predictable plot is its only saving grace.
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Strong heroine, sensible hero, satisfying villains. Since it's Canadian, good manners and not much blood.
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Canadian, so manners are surprisingly good for rough country types.
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Yes, it's baffling, and for some time the professionals are just as baffled as the amateurs. But trespass, illegal entry and an analysis of paperwork eventually solve all the puzzles.
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Not badly written, there is neither hero nor heroine, though both protagonists are remarkable characters. The female could have been developed further, even in another volume.
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English "gentleman's man" Ruggles is lost by The Honourable George in a game of drawing poker and transported Out West to rehabilitate the dress, manners, and so forth of a rough cowboy.
This was made into a movie starring Charles Laughton in the 30s but the book is far, far superior. Worth six stars if I were to give them.
This is wonderfully droll and ironic, featuring an impossibly bright and mature six-year-old and a bizarre group of religious paupers.
If you have some Latin, brush it up.
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It contains a one or two humorous stories, some droll efforts, a couple of decent anecdotes, one of the worst things Poe ever wrote, a weak example of Bret Harte, Twain's Jumping Frog, and at least one tale that no rational person would ever call humor.
If I gave stars (which I no longer do) it would rate minus 1.
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