Review: Entertaining
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2011
I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Wallace's "Righteous" series ("The Righteous" and "Mighty and Strong"), but found "The Red Rooster" entertaining, if somewhat disappointing. It was suspenseful and held my interest, but somehow, neither the characters nor the plot rang true. I can't really put my finger on it - I've read plenty of WW II novels, but the situation and characters in this book just didn't seem plausible, and the description of life during wartime France didn't really convey the sense of desperation that I've read about elsewhere. The words were there, but the descriptions were somehow detached and dispassionate. Also, there was one egregious editing oversight ("Helmut grinded the gears of the Opel...") - "grinded"????Again, I'd highly recommend the author's "Righteous" series, as he had far more feeling for his characters, plot and the general subject matter of polygamous communities.