Review: Pure dead brilliant!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
For some reason when I read the blurb, I only got as far as reading that Kats was an ex-soldier. That plus the title convinced me this was going to be a military warfare book. I reluctantly started reading the story expecting to not enjoy it. The book opens with a truck driver getting the crap beaten out of him. I can honestly say that very few of the books I read start out that way. A few more paragraphs and I realized there was no war but gangsters/thugs/hoodlums. Better than war but still not my cup of tea. Keep reading...About 2% into the book I was hooked. Even though Kats is not the kind of guy you want to meet in broad daylight, much less a dark alley, I found myself rooting for him. He's coarse, angry, and violent but he does love his grandmother. Someone who loves his granny can't be all bad.When I read I tend to visualize the action in my head and hear the voices of the characters. The voices in my head were speaking with a Scottish burr! I had to look up a lot of the terms used in the book. One added benefit - I know a few new words to call people when I'm ticked off at them.I read Waging War in about 4 or 5 days, *much* faster than I thought I would be able to read it. And I've already started on the sequel, Lone Star. I know that Kats is not in this book but will be back in the third book. I'm really looking forward to reading that one.