Review: Real life drama from a male perspective. Great
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
I was offered this book free by the author, to see if I would like to read it and possibly leave a review. I wasn't entirely comfortable with this, although there was no pressure exerted whatsoever from the author, I knew I would feel compelled to read it and write a good review. For this reason I declined the free copy, but promised to take a look at the sample.I read the sample and it left me wanting more. I was intrigued by this sort of story from a male point of view, and the brother's character looked like someone I was going to love to hate.I bought the book and have not been disappointed.The male characters are all strong and well drawn in, the females possibly less so - but that's ok - it's great and very refreshing to read from a male point of view. The story is told by Michael throughout, and he is a great character, really like him. Made me shout out loud at him not to make a massive mistake which you could see was inevitable as the author brought you up to it. You saw his strengths and weaknesses and also saw him through his father and brothers eyes.The brother Robert is larger than life and jumps out the page. I hated him, admired him, he made my skin crawl, then I thought he was 'all right' - he was real. You don't get in his head the same as Michael, but he does reveal himself to some extent and it is fascinating.The story is simple,real life drama. Ups and downs of love, family and sibling rivalry. Sibling rivalry being the main theme and what got me gripped by the book towards the middle - read the second part of the book a lot faster than the first.Great book - will look out for more by this author :)