I have a friend for whom I have an abundance of respect. Getting the reader to live in this mindset is sufficient value alone even without the rich entertainment aspect to invest time in living these stories. This intelligent form of observation is a constant thread throughout Tylers book. He/she is constantly in thin slicing ing to amazingly accurate conclusions based on the most minute bits of information. In The Dark Side of the Felt, Tyler Nals descriptive style of storytelling allows the reader the rare privilege of living vicariously through exciting, enlightening and often dangerous poker related experiences.Īn effective poker players thought process is multidimensional.
Highly recommended! You'll be entertained from the first page until the last. I could still tell whether or not the narrator had a good hand and it didn't serve as a speedbump in the way while reading. Like I said before, I'm not a poker aficionado or interested in the game at all.But the lingo didn't bother me or get in the way of my enjoyment, either. Before reading it, I thought it would slow the story down for me or bore me to the point of forcing me to skip over paragraphs just to make it through to the end of the book. The most surprising aspect of the writing though, and one I really appreciate, is how the author incorporates poker lingo into the story. It was fast-paced and tense throughout, mixing in drama and humor and action in a wonderfully entertaining cocktail that served up imaginative surprises and made it hard to close the book before finishing.
I was captivated with The Dark Side of the Felt from the beginning, as the stakes got higher and moments more tense with each chapter and section, both at and away from the poker table. Despite not being interested in or knowing a lick about poker myself, I still love a thrilling story. My late stepdad was the card playing type and loved to play table games in particular. Whenever I went into one (usually on trips with my mom and stepdad), I'd stick to the slots.
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