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Dec 27, 2010ilanaaq rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The principle of the book is interesting, but I couldn't get into the book for a couple of reasons: First, the book seemed to start about 100 pages too soon, in terms of useful plot, and I didn't get remotely excited about anything until close to page 250. Second, the narrative voice does a lot of telling and voicing questions for the character, so the characters fell flat to me. This story is based on a true story, and usually I do like the insertion of historical details to make a story come alive, but this one seemed to sacrifice the writing for the historical detail. Even when the plot was at its thickest I didn't really feel that edge-of-seat suspense I should have been feeling. I finished the book because I wanted to say I did, not because it was a page-turner. The book was OK, but I wouldn't rush out to recommend it to someone.