Review: I'm ambivalent on the one
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
The overall concept of the book is good - racial tensions in Europe ignite a 'Eurarbian' war in which millions perish. What's implausible is how the central character, Ann, is involved in the first shots of this war, immediately escapes to London only to be directly involved in a second major event, very little of which is written about or explained.I was confused as to whether Ann was sympathetic to Islam or not given her wild swings in thought. I suppose she herself wasn't sure what to think. In fairness I think the author was trying to present two opposing views although they didn't flow very well in the book.The part I found the most unbelievable is that a lot, if not most, of the Muslims in Europe and the US are covert terrorists waiting for that one phone call/ text message / verbal password, to erupt in violence. It seemed as though every Muslim in a European army immediately switched sides and started fighting the Christians. In other words, there's no such thing as a moderate Muslim.The book overreaches itself when a plague breaks out, abruptly changing the tempo of the narrative. Perhaps that part could have been dropped in favour of better character development and more in depth descriptions of events.