Review: Jamaican Intrigue and Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2012
Tangled Web took me to another part of the world and let me become involved in the politics of the place. Something that is always enjoyable to experience.Ms. Lane knows her Jamaican culture and uses it effectively to put the reader in the heart of the island and get to know few of the characters who make up this story. Reading this I get the feeling the events of the story portrayed might've happened.In the story, the government of Jamaica is full of corruption. One of the effluent citizens and a couple of cabinet members of the government decide to take matters into their own hands hoping to set the Island and its people on a better path.The plot is well drawn out with a couple of twists to keep the reader guessing.I couldn't give this story five stars for a couple of reasons. There were a couple of back stories I questioned why they needed to be there. Another was character points of views sometimes shifted in chapter or section without a break signifying we'd be reading from another's point of view. If the story had been written entirely in an omniscience point of view, this would be understandable. But the majority of the story was written in third person limited point of view.The other reason was dialog tags with adverbs were used to describe a character's empathsis. An example would be: he said to her fondly.Other than my minor criticisms, I enjoyed reading this international spy, romantic tale. I look forward to Ms. Lane's next story.