I’ve always been fascinated with the game of Poker, at least on the professional level. It’s a game of learning how people tick and how to exploit their weaknesses. Although it seems almost impossible to know a person in the short few hours at a poker table “better than their spouse or mother” it’s awkwardly true. When it comes to winning and losing money, a person’s base comes out for those willing to see and recognize it.
Preacher is an interesting book in the fact that it takes a professional poker player and places him in the role of the hero-detective. The title character’s skill at the game allows him to read people on the level of Sherlock Holmes, and helps him uncover the thick plot surrounding the death of a friend-of-a-friend.
Preacher is an interesting character. The author judiciously fills in his back-story and the result is fascinating and tragic. You can’t help but marvel at the hurdles life has thrown at him, and how he has overcome them. The wa is without a doubt, strong in this one. (Having only listened to the book, I am guessing at the spelling. I can’t seem to come up with a page about it during a search, so I’m sure I spelled this wrong.)
The narrator did a fine job. At times he got a little monotonous when his voice should have reflected anger, fear, or simple excitement during a fight scene. But I have no complaints otherwise.
For the most part it’s a great book. I enjoyed the listen and for it’s length I never felt bored with it or ready to be done.
This audiobook was gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an unbiased review