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Aug 12, 2019 (Updated Aug 12, 2019)  
The Devil is a Part-Timer, Vol. 3
The Devil is a Part-Timer, Vol. 3
Satoshi Wagahara | 2013 | Comics & Graphic Novels
6
5.5 (2 Ratings)
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Volume 3 of The Devil is a Part-Timer focuses on a new neighbor that has moved in next door. It also deals with the emotions that the girls each feel when they find out. Overall, it was a bit of a boring volume, since the story didn't move forward very much.
  
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov | 1970 | Fiction & Poetry
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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"The Devil comes to Moscow and, of course, makes trouble, accompanied by a cat shooting six-guns and an associate who disappears when he turns sideways. But Satan also helps the Master, a tortured writer, recover a manuscript he’d written and burned. One of the greatest Russian novels. Stalin didn’t like it."

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The Testament of Gideon Mack
The Testament of Gideon Mack
James Robertson | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.5 (2 Ratings)
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Gideon meets the Devil and he's not quite what he expected
This was a really good read. The novel is written in the style of a memoir and is pretty convincing. There are layers and layers of myths and legends throughout the novel and truth and lies become so merged that the reader is left wondering about the clarity of the protagonist and the statements and evidence of the editor and journalist who represent the story. The novel explores the life of Gideon Mack, who, like his father become a minister of the Christian church. Gideon however, has no real faith in god until his accident leads him on a journey of discovery in which he claims he meets the devil.
I thought the description of the devil was excellent and the significance of the shoes has baffled me a little, however, it may be the old, 'What is it like to walk in my shoes', I am undecided. I thought the book was well written and kept me hooked until the end. Good plot, good narrative voice and convincing read.