bohemian gospel by dana chamblee carpenter

The Narrator reads with a rhythmic tempo that is more robotic than human. Even with my laundry list of complaints, I would certainly be interested in Hyde’s other books. Maybe he did this book a disservice and I just missed something. I felt like he didn’t master any of the accents and it sounded as though he sometimes slipped in and out of them. He sounded nasally and sometimes hard to understand. For the narrator…I did not like him at all. I loved Cameron’s response and laughed out loud. Except however the one-liner over the bracelet.

Maybe there is a reason for this but very few conversations had any fluidity to them. Lastly, as far as the writing is concerned, most interactions seem choppy and awkward. We see point A and point B, but no real arc connecting the two. It seems by the end there was an arc for the character, but it isn’t really shown in the story. In the beginning, Skull comes off as a jerk and is rude for no apparent reason. I personally need so many more interactions between the two before something so intimate comes out of nowhere. An example of this would be the kiss on the forehead. Likewise, there are a few places where the opposite is true. And in a few places too much information is given which slows down the story. There seems to be a lot of tell and very little show in my opinion. I feel like there is tons of potential for this author. And Hyde certainly knows how to use little cliff hangers at the end of each chapter to keep you interested. It is also an extremely interesting concept. It is very evident that the topic was well researched. ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** Okay, so positives first.

Bohemian gospel by dana chamblee carpenter