Review: Good but way to much backstory
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
I enjoyed a lot of things about this book. It starts in in Israel and the characters are all interesting. The writing is very well done. The story is interesting and its very well thought out. However that being said the books is a lot longer then it needs to be. A lot, lot longer. Some of the backstory of the characters are just not needed.I realize some back story is needed but the back story for a lot of characters goes on for years of there lives. Characters who dont need any back story to began with. It also hurts the tale because it makes the pace of book very glacial and slooooooooooooow paced because of some of the dialogue about people we dont want to know about and to top it off are super generic to boot. The book should have been tightened up by an editor. Sometimes saying more doesnt make the scene better.Sometimes less is more. The story is good and the violence felt real. The ending was a little strange for me. I dont want to give away the ending but its an action cliche to be honest and not needed here. Good but long.