Review: The Stuff Movie's Are Made Of
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
Karen Devane is the daughter of Hollywood elite but a misguided incident involving her drug obsessed friend and a homeless woman leaves her in the middle of a complicated and deadly accident.Meanwhile a beautiful Aryan girl named Katya is the daughter of a Nazi commandant, whose entire family are killed as a consequence of their allegiance to Hitler. Yet when she discovers her father is still alive and living as a movie director in Hollywood she takes a trip across the world to have some questions answered.The prologue of Too Little Too Late stands in stark contrast to the following few chapters and it takes a long time before the connection between Katya and Karen apparent; from there a complex and disturbing web of lies and destruction link these two women inexplicably.Though at first the conflicting stories are a little hard to understand, Too Little Too Late quickly becomes an intriguing and captivating thriller. The nature of some of what takes place in throughout the narrative is unpleasantly dark and painful to read, touching on difficult subjects that may put some readers on edge, however more mature readers will see all this as a necessity to compliment the strength of the plot. Interest levels in the plot do have a tendency to wax and wane as the occasional chapter goes by with absolutely nothing happening; yet more often than not Too Little Too Late is almost un-put-down-able.Unfortunately the author relies on one or two obvious stereotypes and clichés for his characters, including the sexually sadistic Nazi and the confused, rebellious teenager, but the mysterious thriller aspect of the story is enough to make these flaws forgivable. The final revelation is fairly obvious to readers about two thirds of the way through the book but that doesn't stop the rest of the book from being an intriguing and worthwhile read.