Sons of Fortune
I just finished this book that my husband's friend left, Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer. It was slow in the beginning, began picking up in the middle and the end was just a holy mess of adrenaline and "what the hell?" I stayed up way too late trying to finish it and was disappointed.
The book drew me in about half way through and I couldn't put it down. One hand cooking, the other holding the book. It was difficult keeping the two protagonist straight as their stories were similar. I gave up after a while and just went for the ride. I was disappointed in the end chapters. There was too much stuff going on. I felt like the author was just trying to be clever and failed. Especially the last 3 pages where he wouldn't tell you what happened, you had to go and calculate it yourself. Encyclopedia Brown is better at the a ha moments.
All in all, if someone left the book on a seat and you have time to kill on a lay over, it's a good book. But it's not worth reading more than once.
The book drew me in about half way through and I couldn't put it down. One hand cooking, the other holding the book. It was difficult keeping the two protagonist straight as their stories were similar. I gave up after a while and just went for the ride. I was disappointed in the end chapters. There was too much stuff going on. I felt like the author was just trying to be clever and failed. Especially the last 3 pages where he wouldn't tell you what happened, you had to go and calculate it yourself. Encyclopedia Brown is better at the a ha moments.
All in all, if someone left the book on a seat and you have time to kill on a lay over, it's a good book. But it's not worth reading more than once.