Review: For history readers, too long for me.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
I’m giving it four stars because I know some readers will enjoy the book and I tried to but I found it a bit boring. It’s too long for a book lacking a strong plot, just glimpses of people at pivotal points in their lives.  Jason Akley’s characters and setting descriptions are good but it’s really a string of stories with no main character or plot to follow. Difficult and troubled family dynamics are key to the story and described well but for the amount of pages, I didn’t get to know any particular character very well.There are historical references but I didn’t feel transported to another time or place. It felt more like a present day person writing what they’d learned of an era or place, which is what it is. It takes work to follow it, as the story jumps around. It’s probably good if you have the time to make all the connections but I’d rather read something I was more interested in.I liked Akley’s Crossroads From Damascus. It was shorter and for all it’s wandering, made more sense to me.