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A review by gururoo
Shattered Hourglass by J. L. Bourne
3.0
Disappointing.
Where the first two novels were real nail biters, this third book, in aiming for a more sweeping narrative, sidelines the protagonist from the previous entries in favor of new characters who seem to spend an inordinate amount of time spieling off rank and hardware nomenclature, providing little opportunity to invest interest or sympathy in the goings on.
Most disappointing of all is the marginal and laughably cliché development of the shadow organization introduced in the second book and summarily dispatched in a literal puff of smoke here in the third by marginal characters. Of course, should the author continue with the series he's provided room for its return (in one guise or another).
I would suggest that the author, should he continue with the series, either return to the journal format or confine the narrative voice to the protagonist introduced in the first two books of the series.
Where the first two novels were real nail biters, this third book, in aiming for a more sweeping narrative, sidelines the protagonist from the previous entries in favor of new characters who seem to spend an inordinate amount of time spieling off rank and hardware nomenclature, providing little opportunity to invest interest or sympathy in the goings on.
Most disappointing of all is the marginal and laughably cliché development of the shadow organization introduced in the second book and summarily dispatched in a literal puff of smoke here in the third by marginal characters. Of course, should the author continue with the series he's provided room for its return (in one guise or another).
I would suggest that the author, should he continue with the series, either return to the journal format or confine the narrative voice to the protagonist introduced in the first two books of the series.