Review: Energetic and fast paced.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I have enjoyed Beery's Kimbridge series as an energetic and fast paced story. I like the characters and find the story interesting and engaging. Retribution was a bit too fasted paced for me. The story unfolded well and Beery kept all the elements sufficiently cohesive that all essential parts were covered, however, at times it seemes truncated and clipped. I am not a fan of long drawn out non-essential details, well written visual description are helpful and personnal interplay help to develop character and personnality, but character movement and action can be reduced to a too sterile description that lacks emotion and feeling. Drama, conflict and danger need enough development to have a viseral impact. I felt Retribution lacked some of that neccesary viseral impact especially with the return of a more dangerous and advanced play to the story.  I look forward to the next installment but hope Beery returns to the more engaging writing he has produced in previous books.