Review: Enjoyable Thriller
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2010
This book grabs your attention right from the start and does a good job of keeping it to the end.There is an interesting moral dilemma for the protagonist in that he must decide between seeking personal revenge on his torturer or the greater good of saving people's lives.  I would like to have seen this developed more.Two parts of the story held me back from giving this a 5-star review:1. Magic - The story hinges on the magical ability of a camera to take pictures of future events, and the protagonist then dreaming about these events in detail before they happen.  I think it would be a lot better if the author could figure out a way to replace the 10% magical aspect of the book with something believable.  Even if we limited it to some kind of psychic premonitions, I think that would make the book more readily accepted by mainstream readers.  As it stands now, I think the magic aspect pushes this book beyond reason and into make believe like Spider Man, the Incredible Hulk, etc.2. Officer Bishop - The girlfriend character seems really under developed to me, and I find it hard to believe she would stick around for over a year basically waiting on Mark even though they only dated for two months.  I think they would have needed a stronger relationship to take back up they way they did after Mark's release.