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The Wishmaster: Peace for all your wishes
This isn't a tale of dragons or swords. But it has a different kind of battle - the pursuit of happiness.
Calvin is an unassertive, quiet guy with a desk job. Although he started his career two years ago, he finds his work dull and uninteresting. Calvin longs to quit his day job somehow so that he could have sufficient time for himself. However, the job is his only source of income. And since he doesn't have any family (apart from his grandmother who's financially dependent upon him) he has to earn his living by himself. So he cannot quit his job.
His office has two annoying colleagues, like any other office. He cannot relate to the corporate culture and finds it hard to understand his boss. The only family that he has is his grandmother who’s always scolding him.
One day Calvin comes across a magical artifact "the Wishmaster" that grants him an infinite wishes. This book explores the idea of what can happen to a person's life if he gets an infinite wishes, specifically, Calvin's life. This is a coming-of-age story.
Calvin is an unassertive, quiet guy with a desk job. Although he started his career two years ago, he finds his work dull and uninteresting. Calvin longs to quit his day job somehow so that he could have sufficient time for himself. However, the job is his only source of income. And since he doesn't have any family (apart from his grandmother who's financially dependent upon him) he has to earn his living by himself. So he cannot quit his job.
His office has two annoying colleagues, like any other office. He cannot relate to the corporate culture and finds it hard to understand his boss. The only family that he has is his grandmother who’s always scolding him.
One day Calvin comes across a magical artifact "the Wishmaster" that grants him an infinite wishes. This book explores the idea of what can happen to a person's life if he gets an infinite wishes, specifically, Calvin's life. This is a coming-of-age story.
75 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 12, 2018
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May 8, 2018
Loved IT!
This was a great book. Different from what I usually read but still loved it! Can’t wait to read more of this authors work.
This was a great book. Different from what I usually read but still loved it! Can’t wait to read more of this authors work.
February 5, 2018
Lack of character development, a condescending yet complimenting artifact, and an overall character arch that seems like a high school student wrote it. There were countless grammatical issues that felt like this was written in another language then google translated.
I finished this book only because it was so short, the main character is one dimensional and flimsy, unrelatable and unlikable for the most part. Calvin lives with his grandmother presumably for free and while his age is never discussed it doesn't seem like he is her caregiver as she seems quite capable. Yet he's detached and unappreciative going so far as to wish diarrhea on her just to avoid talking to her. Calvin doesn't become likable in even the slightest bit until nearly 85% of the way through the book and even then the details are so glossed over it hardly feels like any type of redemption arch for his otherwise shitty personality.
I believe the author is trying to convey that helping others helps you...but the only thing I took from this book was relief that I got it free and it took less than an hour to finish. If I had a Wishmaster, I'd wish for my time back...
I finished this book only because it was so short, the main character is one dimensional and flimsy, unrelatable and unlikable for the most part. Calvin lives with his grandmother presumably for free and while his age is never discussed it doesn't seem like he is her caregiver as she seems quite capable. Yet he's detached and unappreciative going so far as to wish diarrhea on her just to avoid talking to her. Calvin doesn't become likable in even the slightest bit until nearly 85% of the way through the book and even then the details are so glossed over it hardly feels like any type of redemption arch for his otherwise shitty personality.
I believe the author is trying to convey that helping others helps you...but the only thing I took from this book was relief that I got it free and it took less than an hour to finish. If I had a Wishmaster, I'd wish for my time back...
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