Review: A Good Read, But Falls Short In Places
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
When the author of The Return contacted me for a review of his novel I was intrigued. This is, quite frankly, not usually the type of novel I'd read, and though some other reviewers have compared this to "The Da Vinci Code", having never read that myself I cannot make that comparison. All I can do is give my opinion on this book in and of itself.To start, you were thrown immediately into the action, without very much of a build up, Geoff finds the book that sets off the whole story on the first page. The book then keeps with that pace the entire length, and I'm just not sure this was a good thing. There are many places within the book that I found myself really enjoying the story line, and the idea itself is a fascinating one. Yet, I truly regret to say that it just did not work for me. Besides the pace, I just didn't find the emotion that I strive to find to make a novel a favorite for me. Mr. Vance certainly has 'it', "it" being the ability to draw readers in and make them keep reading, and because of this I feel that I would read more from him in the future. It's just in this one, I feel like it could have been twice as long and so much better.All that being said, if you happen to be a fan of this type of novel then by all means do read it, the story that it tells despite the small short-comings is riveting. Although this type of novel isn't usually my thing, and even though there were those parts I didn't like, I cannot say I find myself at all regretting having read it. I honestly look forward to seeing what Carter Vance has in store for us next!**I received this novel from the author in exchange for an honest review, which in no way affected my opinion.**