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Mr. Joseph A Cognard

Autor/a de Cemetery Girl

4 obres 67 Membres 8 Ressenyes

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Inclou aquests noms: Joseph Cognard, Mr Joseph Cognard

Obres de Mr. Joseph A Cognard

Cemetery Girl (2012) 36 exemplars
Written for You (2013) 19 exemplars
Reigning (2015) 4 exemplars

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I was given this as a free e-book by the author in exchange for an honest review.

Right, first off, let me say as I always say when I rate a book 3 stars, that a 3 star review is NOT a bad thing! In fact, I'd recommend this book.

Okay, I had trouble getting into this book. I found it a bit too slow paced for my liking.

However, a little over half way through the book, I really started getting into it! It became super interesting!! I loved the whole volleyball game chapter. That one was probably my favourite!! I also liked the use of Latin phrases throughout the book.

The ending was really good as well. It was definitely a plot twist that I didn't see coming at all!!

I also want to mention that their were a few images in this book which I really enjoyed. They brought a little bit extra to the book, and I thought they were drawn really well. =)

This would make a great holiday/summer read =)

Definitely recommended!
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khal_khaleesi | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Nov 16, 2019 |
I absolutely love this play! It is sarcastic, funny, and you would never believe the climax. The play really blew my mind. It is about Bob, who works n the finance department of a publishing company. He is always asking coworkers and family members if they have read his book, yet.

His good friend, Mike, who was recently promoted, but did not get a pay raise, gives Bob a very interesting speech about how "would be" writers follow him absolutely everywhere to ask him to read their "book". That was a great speech. As a volunteer reviewer, I am starting to get the same spiel. Then, you can't forget the missing girl that was last seen with Bob in a bar. And when his coworker and friend, Doug, goes missing, the police want to talk to him! This gets better and better as it goes along. And, we must not forget author, HIGGINS, and his two cats.

Thank you Mr. Joseph Cognard h for giving me a free copy of his play to read and give my honest review.
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Connie57103 | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Feb 19, 2016 |
This book turned out not to be what I expected. So take my words and rating with a grain of salt. What did/didn't work for me may in fact work for another.

The idea of the novel intrigued me. The idea of a girl who can channel the wishes and answers of the dead through her drawing jived with my love of the supernatural and ghosts or the dead. The author does a great job of making this concept work in such a way that I lived for those moments in the book. I also loved the idea that some of the drawings in the book were used to stand in for Janie’s drawings themselves. It was fantastic to have that visual.

I also fell in love with the character of Janie herself. I found her to be a fantastic individual to tell the story through. She’s down to earth, calm, and takes life’s challenges as they come. Out of all the characters, I found her the most relative and the one I’d love to meet in real life. I think I echo another reviewer when I say if I’d met Janie in real life, I’d definitely be trying to make friends with her.

However, after those good points is where I think the book wasn't quite what I was expecting. I was expecting a novel that explored Janie’s supernatural talent, how that impacted her life, and the hinted at romance in the description. While the book did have these elements to a degree, far more of the storytelling space was dedicated to teenage hi-jinks and melodrama.

There are huge chunks of the book where the drawing stuff seems to have been forgotten about. We’re reading how all the girls seem to hate Janie because the two male leads both like her, volleyball practice, and inner-teenager monologues that leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. Not what I was expecting at all from the description. Now, I understand that this novel is intended for young readers so a bit of teenage melodrama and daily life is expected. Yet, for my palate, it seems to overtake the entire novel in such a way that the supernatural drawing bend almost seems forgotten.

So like I mentioned, I had expectations going into this novel that just didn't pan out in the end. The idea of the supernatural drawing and Janie as a character were pluses in the novel’s favor. Yet, the longer the novel went on, the more it tended to lean towards teenage soap opera rather than what I expected. So if you’re in the market for a novel on teenage life with a supernatural twist, you’ll probably like this one. But if you’re in the market for a strong supernatural story, look elsewhere.

Note: Book received for free from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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Sarah_Gruwell | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jan 13, 2016 |
I received a free kindle copy of Written for You by Joseph Cognard, published by Amazon Digital Services from an Amazon promotion in exchange for a fair review. I gave it almost four stars. This doesn't reflect on the quality of the writing. It is entertaining. This is a screenplay & they are difficult for me to read.

His counselor Dr. Bael told him he has tangential speech & thought patterns. That's an interesting diagnosis.

Mike a co-worker tells Bob, the author: "And you thought it would be pretty & easy, & that you could just write a book & have no problem finding people to read it. There was some mythical tree with readers just standing around, waiting for peoples' books to ripen so they could just pick them."

Bob is seeking readers among his family, friends, co-workers & even his therapist. At one point she hits him with her kindle. One of his friends is a frustrated editor working for a shaky company.
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carolyninjoy | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jun 11, 2015 |

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Obres
4
Membres
67
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Ressenyes
8
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