Review: Red Rooster is Engrossing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2012
RED ROOSTER: The plot is interesting and moved at a pace that kept my interest. I believe most of the characters were believable - flawed humans rather than paragons of virtue or caricatures of evil (with perhaps one exception - and even then, only maybe). What I sensed overall was a sense of desperation in so many of the characters. Normally, reading about the history of the Third Reich, I think there's a temptation to wonder why people didn't *do* something about it. For the characters in this novel, the answer is that some didn't like or dislike the Nazi agenda, but just wanted to survive. I think the ending of the novel was kind of abrupt, while the main action of the plot had concluded, a little more of an epilogue would have been nice. Unfortunately, I can't elaborate without giving spoilers.STATE OF SIEGE has an interesting premise, and a few plot twists that keep you guessing.  It's not always easy to tell who the bad guys are and who the good guys are, which makes for a fascinating read.