Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Book Reviews - Gideon
Title: Gideon
Pages: 435 (hardcover)
Read time: 7 hours
Style: Suspense, easy-reading
Author: Russel Andrews
The links above give the standard description of the story. In general, an easy read - unlike many of the comments, the ending was beginning to be predictable within Chapter 29 of 36 - but the story was well written, intermixing news, web and novel style reporting within the context of the novel. A mixture of political intrigue with a couple of regular population going against some nasty foes. Several very good uses of telling the story from other accounts so that the reader has to bring them together near the end provides a nice level of intrigue. One of the main villians is ended in a Star Wars Darth Maul 'oops, I missed them' methodology, but it is tied together somewhat plausibly. Overall, a good read if you're in the mood.
Book Review Annotation
Pages: 435 (hardcover)
Read time: 7 hours
Style: Suspense, easy-reading
Author: Russel Andrews
The links above give the standard description of the story. In general, an easy read - unlike many of the comments, the ending was beginning to be predictable within Chapter 29 of 36 - but the story was well written, intermixing news, web and novel style reporting within the context of the novel. A mixture of political intrigue with a couple of regular population going against some nasty foes. Several very good uses of telling the story from other accounts so that the reader has to bring them together near the end provides a nice level of intrigue. One of the main villians is ended in a Star Wars Darth Maul 'oops, I missed them' methodology, but it is tied together somewhat plausibly. Overall, a good read if you're in the mood.
Book Review Annotation
