Review: As real as it gets
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
In “There Be Dragons”, Hallett doesn’t tell readers how the fire-breathing dragons ended up in the Vietnamese jungles. I felt that this mystery exacerbated the feeling of impending doom that the author created in reader’s minds. It certainly made me feel frightened and nervous.What I especially liked was that Hallett, despite including dragons in the storyline, refused to get into spells, sorcerers, and other things that are featured in fantasy books. The result of this decision on his part is that although the book is riveting and not by any means traditional, its story is believable.A book about the Vietnam War and fire-breathing dragons couldn’t get any more real.