Review: A "Popcorn" book loaded with "Buttery" action tho not so "Filling" when it comes to the credibility "Bucket"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
Story revolves around the all-time largest winning lottery ticket and criminals whom would think nothing of murdering others to obtain it. On the plus side it was a very quick read with numerous twists and turns and a likeable character in the protagonist, Samantha Khourie. However, it was beginning to wear a bit thin as to how often I had to suspend belief with regards to her ability to constantly evade capture together with the numerous secondary characters whose seemingly sole purpose was to act as merely cannon fodder to help move the story along. Reminds me in some regards to the movie "Speed" which was fast and fun with characters I liked (Bullock and Reeves), but in the end there was no way I could believe a bus could ever survive a jump over that chasm so the ending was a bit of a let-down. Overall, I still feel the book (and the movie, for that matter) was time well spent based on the action alone so I would award it a solid 3.5 stars.