Review: A Violent Sexy Storm
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2012
Talk about a page-turner! It starts with a smack to the brain and continues throughout. If you've ever owned a boat or plan to sail around the world, there is a part of this that's so real it could give you nightmares. I've owned a boat and suffered through a small storm, but the storm Felix and Sarah Chapman get into is so well written you feel like you're right in the sailboat with them. You can feel the waves pounding down and tearing you to pieces and you continue to turn the pages in the book to see what happens next. This is just a tiny part of the excitement that flows page after page in violent Africa and the continual wars that cause so much misery. You meet a host of characters along the ride and each one gets more intense than the other. Talk about good and bad guys, K.D. George paints characters like a madman working a canvas. You quickly find hatred and hope for redemption. You want the characters to get even and make everyone better and while the story drags here and there, I loved every page. I have it 5 stars for a job well done, a story that lives and breathes and a vivid character-driven story that is so real you believe you were there when you put the book down. You take a deep breath and are thankful the trip you just read was in a book and not part of the life you've lived. Well done!