Review: Fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
I'm a big fan of WWII thrillers, which is the primary reason I was attracted to this novel. Overall, it was a fun read and enjoyable. The plot was good, the characters had depth, and there were a ton of details about the life and times of the 1940s. In some cases the details seemed forced, as though the author was making use of all of his research. The ending was a little over the top and fairly predictable, but it tied everything together nicely. Overall, it's worth a read if you like historic fiction.This book was not perfect, however. There were several things that were distracting that diminished from the overall enjoyment of the book. Please note, I'm not a stickler for grammar. The only time it bothers me is when I need to go back and read a sentence or section more than once to determine the author's meaning. There were multiple instances of this found in this book. There were also multiple typos (misspellings, incorrect words, and an instance where the author typed "tell told" next to each other. I'm sure the latter was a correction that wasn't removed).There was another instance in which the reader is introduced to a minor character by name, the character has an interaction with one of the major characters, then we are told "the pastor did xyz." A couple paragraphs later, the minor character revealed to the other major character that he was a pastor. In other words, the reader as told something before it was revealed to the character. I had to flip back a few pages to see if I had missed something. I hadn't; the writing was just out of order.In my opinion, this book would have benefited greatly from a professional editor. As it is, I gave the 4-star rating based on the entertainment factor, and not on the mechanics of the writing. Overall, I would recommend this to fans of the era or genre.