Review of Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Nicholas Sparks's "Two by Two"

Review of

Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Nicholas Sparks's Two by Two

Four out of five stars

 While the book being described has many of the traits of a romance novel, as the author of the summary states:

“In terms of genre, Two by Two skews heavily towards romance; however, it’s a chaste novel in that it focuses on feelings more than sensuality.”

 The plot centers on a couple where they start out with the husband and father working while the mother stays at home to take care of their busy daughter. When the husband decides to go independent and his income dries up, there is a change of roles. The wife goes to work while the husband becomes the care provider. There is a great deal of stress in the marriage with an inevitable drift to a split. Although it is clear that there was a great deal of tension before the role reversal.

 There are several other important and most likely necessary characters in the story that give it more literary flesh. The summary presents the novel as a fairly routine story with no dramatic events, everything is described as being an iterative process. Relationships incrementally deteriorate while others concurrently rise to take their place, making it a novel about life.

 From the summary, it is clear that if you are someone that enjoys stories about life changes with an emphasis on personal feelings, then you will most likely find the book worth reading. Other than that, probably not. 

https://www.amazon.com/Summary-Analysis-Nicholas-Sparkss-Instaread-ebook/dp/B01M8LZ8RK/ 

Review of "The Dog With the Opposable Thumb: An Accidental Love Story," by Mark Barkawitz

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The Dog With the Opposable Thumb: An Accidental Love Story, by Mark Barkawitz ISBN 9781533396204

Five out of five stars

 This book is based on one of the most original premises that I have encountered. When Solo was born, his owner Marty quickly realizes that the puppy has an unusual feature, an opposable thumb that is functional. This gives Solo the capability of grasping, a skill that Marty spends a great deal of training time on. 

 Marty is a graduate student that knows a woman familiar with the making of videos, so they collaborate in making a short clip of Solo drinking from a bottle. It is a hit on YouTube, leading to some very lucrative endorsement deals. However, there is a price of fame, even for the canine, good and bad people emerge from Marty’s past and from the underworld that try to literally and figuratively grab a piece of Solo’s action.

 The story is very well written and moves at an appropriate pace. There is some low-key humor, some of which is predictable. Solo is a very intelligent dog, and with the skill of grasping, some of the normal barriers relied on to keep dogs in their place and out of things are ineffective.

 Whether or not you are a lover of dogs or other pets, you will find this an amusing story.

Review of Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Candice Millard's "Hero of the Empire The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill"

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Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Candice Millard's Hero of the Empire The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill

Most of the ink of history devoted to Winston Churchill describes his role as British Prime Minister during the perilous times of World War II. However, Churchill had already been in the public eye as a political figure for decades before he achieved his “finest hour.” His political career was started by his experiences in the distant reaches of the growing British Empire, and the first stop in those adventures was in the Boer War in southern Africa. The book being summarized is a historical recounting of Churchill’s actions in that war.

 This summary is fascinating, as it paints an accurate portrait of Churchill as someone that considered himself destined for greatness and aided that quest by engaging in some rather nefarious self-promotion. People that know history also know that Churchill was very much a child of the British Empire and an essential component of the Empire was the unquestioned belief that the “native people” were inherently inferior to Europeans. That racism appears in this summary, but rarely in other history books.

 An accurate rendition of the early Churchill, this summary could serve as a primer on the first events that led to the creation of the public figure of Winston Churchill. Like so many other men of privilege in the Empire, Churchill firmly believed that he was a man of destiny, so he took many chances. As is made clear in this summary, some of his success was due to sheer luck, which is why he is a historical figure when so many others with the same personal opinion died an early and largely anonymous death.  

https://www.amazon.com/Summary-Analysis-Candice-Millards-Instaread-ebook/dp/B01MG29IW8/