peter wheeler

Not Bad - Not Great, 30. November 1999

There was a lot of blurb on the inside of the paperback saying how brilliant to book was.

Well the book certainly had a great deal of atmosphere in the opening chapters. However I felt that after the hero March teamed up with the predictable 'love interest' the book lost its impetus & was quite average.

I found the story too linear. Even though it was written in the 3rd person, March was in every scene. It would have been better to write from the perspective of the other characters in the book as well.

I also thought the plot was rather flawed - but I don't want to give anything away here.

Having said that, it is still pretty entertaining & I read it very quickly… Mehr dazu