Review of and she named him ... CHANCE

[Ajay Pratap Singh Tomar]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "and she named him ... CHANCE" by Roberts Essex.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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'And She Named Him..Chance’ by Roberts Essex is a sentimental, elegantly musky short story from the early 60s and 1970s in the Deep South. The book does a great job of describing the period. It incorporates Chance Brogdon’s growth as a person with major societal events like the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement as well as shifts in culture in America. From Chance’s experience, a spiritually and morally rich childhood is apparent in terms of faith, family, and purpose.
Essex brings the reader wonderfully vivid storytelling, remarkable by its detailed description of a Southern everyday life of music and cars of the seventies and a happy, crowded family table. Detailed thoughts are given to the characters and especially to the main character. Chance makes the reader keep on endorsing him throughout the book.

Whenever there is historical material interjected into the storyline, the author has done a good job of not making the descriptions too overpowering, as such information adds richness to the storyline as well as lends realism to it.

Nevertheless, the book is not entirely free from weaknesses. Some areas are argumentative, at other times overexplanatory, and can be sometimes portrayed as halting the momentum of the narrative. These problems would have been eradicated through proofreading.

As far as I noticed, the book editing is flawless; the book has no issues as far as editing is concerned; it has no typographical or grammatical errors.

Altogether, I rate it 4 stars out of 5. This book for readers with a special interest in historical and religious themes is an inspiring story of faith and family relationships. If it was proofread and written with less confusing descriptions of what seems to be similar topics and the usual journalistic style of making the source conspiratorial, it could be a five-star read.

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