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Fire And Water:A Suspense-filled Story Of Art, Passion, And Madness (2013)

by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

She Writes Press

review 1: This woman can spin a yarn. It was so great to read a book with a real story! My habit is to read each night before I go to sleep, and over the last week I literally could not wait to open my Kindle and find out what happened to Kate. The mental health portrayal rang true - something I unfortunately feel qualified to assess since I have a close loved one who suffers from depression. But more than that, it was the storytelling. It is such a great summer read, and I say that not at all using the term 'summer read' as a pejorative. I mean a page-turner in every sense of the word.
review 2: This book was recently entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought:FEEDBACKAuthor: Fire & WaterTitle: Betsy Graziani FasbinderCOVER: 10/10The read... moreers thought the cover was excellent and the comments on the back well-written, enticing them to read the book. A number of them felt it was by far the best cover in the awards this year with a strong, central image and fun, easy-to-read fonts. One reader put in his feedback: ‘I must say, the cover is excellent. I am a graphic designer myself and I would have been proud to design this.’CONTENT 9/10Our readers very much enjoyed thenovel. They thought it was insightful, dark and unputdownable! They loved the San Francisco setting (many of them have never been so it was particularly interesting) and the many subjects the novel looks at: artistic creativity, death, love and mental illness. One reader put in her feedback, ‘Wow! This book is amazing. It is so rare to find a novel which looks at mental illness in such an honest and powerful way. The author should be proud.’They thought that the characters in the story were interesting to follow, in particular Kat and Jack who, they thought, were well constructed and were flawed in such ways as to make the reader root for them.The only criticism was a small number of the male readers thought the beginning was a little slow. But even they felt that, when it got going, it was a fascinating read and had a powerful ending. One reader put, ‘When I started this book I thought, God, it’s slow, then, at around page 50, it picked up and never stopped till the powerful ending. I don’t normally enjoy this genre but this was excellent. It even upset me a little, but in a good way; that way when a film or a novel is so powerful it just gets to you.’EDITING 10/10The readers thought the book was well edited and discovered no glaring problems with grammar, punctuation or spelling. One reader wrote, ‘I did find the odd typo but now I can’t remember where. I was too engrossed in the story to care.’STYLE 10/10The readers thought the author's writing style was wonderful. The story had pace (except for a slightly slow beginning) and your ability to describe characters/setting was well developed. They also thought the author dealt well with dialogue, writing it in a ‘relaxed, realistic and easy-to-follow’ way. One reader put, ‘There are so many books out there right now, particularly on Kindle, that are so badly written, it’s depressing. This is not one of them.’STATSOf the 23 readers:23 finished the book.16 felt the central characters were the best part of the book.6 thought the way the author worked with dialogue was the best part of the book.1 felt the author's descriptive style was the best part of the book.23 loved the cover and blurb; many thought it was the best cover in the awards this year.23 would like to read another book by this author.‘A wonderfully insightful and moving story. Highly recommended.’ The Wishing Shelf Awards less

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