Review: Unique plot, but poorly executed...lacking depth, characterization and direction
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2013
There is a good story here, but it's lacking that "something" that would make it great. I understand that the two main characters are a couple of sorts, but I honestly could not feel any real connection between them. The entire story has a very rushed feeling to it, and there should have been more description, more time spent elaborating on life inside the compound...not just the H's personal problems.Possible spoiler alert:  The H wants to return to the compound, at the end, in order to rescue the other civilians because she believes they are being treated wrongly-which they are-but so little time is put into creating an attachment between the reader and the "need to be rescued" civilians, that I have no desire, at all, to buy the next book. Because yes, the book just ends, as if the author stopped mid-writing and thought, "I think I'll end the book here".What kills me about that, is not that I'm dying to know how the rescue goes, but because if the author had done a better job getting the reader to actually care about the characters, I might have purchased book two...even though I do hate when authors leave books hanging just to make more money. A good book, even if part of a series, should have a real ending, because if the writer has done their job right, you're going to buy the series anyway...and not because you've been left hanging.So basically, this was a story that had a unique plot, but was executed very, very poorly. It's a shame really. The idea had potential..unfortunately I'd have to be drawn to at least one character in order to like the story.