Review: Doesn't Cut It!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2011
I have been enjoying Mr. Rain's books but this one is the exception. The first half was OK and had me suitably captured. Then I ran into, what I consider to be, a fatal flaw. Mr. Rain did a drastic POV change. As with all his other books, this one started out in first person. Half way through the book he started sections of third person POV in order to follow Faye, the heroine/love interest. Further along he split again to Farid"s POV in order to show the fight between Farid and Kaseem. I'm sorry, but I just felt that this was poor writing practice. There is nothing wrong with changing POV as such, but going from first to third along with that---not good!I also had trouble suspending disbelief on some of the mountaineering in this book. I don't think Mr. Rain knows or cares about such realities as hypothermia. I also found the helicopter sequence unbelievable. A helicopter is much more complicated to fly than a fixed wing. Having the girl just hold the cyclic doesn't cut it.The character of Sam Ward seemed like a very watered down version of Jim Knighthorse. I didn't feel like Sam was his own character, so to speak.Hopefully, Mr. Rain will continue to write books about his Vampire Detective and Jim Knighthorse. Those I look forward to.