Review: Not for the faint of heart---
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
Yes it may be somewhat wordy and does need some editing but....the story is interesting, the history andbackground are compelling and the characters are portrayed with a great deal of insight and reality.The Blackdowns are not a happy family more dysfunctional then anything else and yet when Thomasreceives a letter frm his brother asking for help he goes home much against his better judgement.  Whathe finds at home is not pleasant and the story gets darker and bleaker.  But the characters that are introduced(even the really not so nice ones) keep you reading on.  The many mixes and plots intertwine so you arecompelled to go on.  The history of Thomas and the war he went through on foreign soil and then onhis own home ground are very well written