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My Trickster

by Serafima (Goodreads Author)

3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 · rating details · 11 ratings · 5 reviews

142 pages

Published February 23rd 2012 by Souliris UK Ltd

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Dec 02, 2012 Penny Minding Mom rated it 3 of 5 stars

Every so often I read a book that leaves me with mixed feelings. “My Trickster” by Serafima Bogomolova is one such book. Although I found the story confusing at times, I was compelled to continue reading to the end. The story tells the tale of “La”, a dynamic woman thrust into a “man’s world” full of power and deceit.

Serafima weaves a tale full of mystery and suspense, full of unexpected twists and turns, the reader is hard-pressed to guess what will happen next. The tale jumps from the point of...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Debi rated it 3 of 5 stars

I just finished reading My Trickster by Serafima Bogomolova. This fast paced, quirky book is a relatively short book that has a way of throwing the reader a little off base. It bounces back and forth from one point of the view to the other, from Angela to McBride, telling the story. Sometimes the same scene is told over, after one of them as explained what is going on. Then towards then end of the book, it is told in 3rd person. It does lead to a bit of confusion.

The 2 main characters, Angela Mo...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Kim Hansen rated it 4 of 5 stars

After visiting Serafimas’ website, I knew this was going to be an interesting read – and it was!

This is a very quirky book that revolves around the main character Angela (“La”) who is a beautiful woman, with a dangerous streak. Men want and desire her and she uses her beauty to her advantage. Rich, powerful men are drawn to her and she plays lots of “political games” to get what she wants, when she wants it.

La calls up an old love of hers, Juan, to help her in Moscow. Even though he is reluctant...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Sandrag Gallegos rated it 3 of 5 stars

At times this was a hard story to follow with all the twists and turns Serafima has you going on and there were times I had to go back to reread just to keep on track. But once you get past this it is an amusing story that will leave you in suspense. This story reminded me a lot of a classic movie where the characters are unique, the story line is unique and they concentrated on the scenery. The way Serafima gave you details of the different cities really made you feel like you where there. I ha...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Becky rated it 1 of 5 stars

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A disorganised and confused narrative that was unfortunately impossible for me to follow.
I was intrigued by the idea of My Trickster, I had never read anything with a Russian setting before and the blurb seemed mysterious. I wasn’t sure which genre the book was going to be, romance, thriller or adventure so I was interested to get started. Unfortunately my hopeful interest for the book soon faded and by the end of the third chapter I was wincing. I tried so hard to get into this book, I kept wai...more A disorganised and confused narrative that was unfortunately impossible for me to follow.
I was intrigued by the idea of My Trickster, I had never read anything with a Russian setting before and the blurb seemed mysterious. I wasn’t sure which genre the book was going to be, romance, thriller or adventure so I was interested to get started. Unfortunately my hopeful interest for the book soon faded and by the end of the third chapter I was wincing. I tried so hard to get into this book, I kept waiting for it to get better but it just didn’t and I struggled to finish it.

My main problem with this novel is that I was utterly confused from start to finish and I have never really encountered this before. I couldn’t expand on the blurb because I have mostly no clue what went on in any detail, which probably sounds weird. I never thought it was possible to have a novel too fast paced, but this is the case with My Trickster. It has a weird structure that reminded me more of a TV show. You have the main chapters and then within those small subsections, each of these lasts on average a page and a half, sometimes less. It conjured the image in my head of a director saying ‘annnddd scene’ every five seconds which was quite annoying. Before I could understand what was going on in one scene or get my bearings it had moved onto the next. There is such minimal amounts of description in terms of setting that it is completely disorientating the majority of the time. There were so many scenes where I was just baffled and in the end I gave up trying to work it out. It shouldn’t be that hard for a reader to understand what is going on, and if it is, you know you have a serious problem.

I was equally confused by some of the characters, I didn’t get on with the leading lady, La. She didn’t seem to care about any of the people around her, least of all Juan who she supposedly had a complex and messy past with. Her only noticeable feature seemed to be that every man she met was instantly attracted to her. This is not a flaw on its own, there are many characters like this in literature but you have to give the reader a reason to believe it. If she had ridiculously good looks or a flair for flirting and an impressive knack for manipulation it would work, but none of this comes across in the prose, which may just be an issue of practice.
In comparison, I was quite interested in Juan’s character and the mystery of why he was willing to risk his life for a past lover he hadn’t seen in years. I was curious to know what had happened and why they had parted on what seemed to be such negative terms and this kept me reading. I think the main issue I had with the characters didn’t actually stem from them but the layout of the book. My Trickster would often switch perspectives – a cool idea but unfortunately they were not sign posted well enough and I kept getting confused as to who was speaking – I often thought it was one character and then right at the end of the section found out it was a different one, and this made it hard for me to get to grips with them and their individual personalities.

What’s most frustrating about this book though is that the writing has some real potential, but there are so many other issues with clarity and basic writing rules that it gets lost in translation. The author is great at putting a seductive edge on scenes for instance and her writing really flows well, but at the end of the day if you can’t follow the storyline it kind of becomes mute. One particular aspect that grated on me was the excessive use of exclamation marks suggesting that the author needs to pick up a few more writing books because I have only ever read two, and both of them mention that they should be used sparingly. Here’s the thing, if you need to use that many of them even during a characters fight it shows that your prose are not working hard enough to show your characters anger. The last line ‘Give me a damn chance will you! Pavel shouts’ – is a good example because the reader has already been told they are shouting, so the exclamation mark is pretty pointless. Simple little mistakes like this mean My Trickster reads more like a first draft than a finished novel.

*Please note: This was originally reviewed on http://beckysblogs.wordpress.com/2013... and was offered to me in exchange for an author interview, book giveaway and an honest review.*(less)

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Sep 25, 2012 Hanna rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love this book. It is fairly short and simple to read, but it doesn't lack in anything. From a good story line to interesting characters this book has is all. I love how each "episode" in the book has a short quote that gives a hint at what that part of the book is going to be about and makes you want to continue reading. The setting, in Moscow is also vividly described and gives the book a unique feel. I couldn't stop reading.

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