A review by jasonlall9
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

2.0

I really prefer Kenneth Oppel when he's doing dark fantasy epics (This Dark Endeavor) or whirlwind steampunk adventures (Airborn). This novel had all the ingredients- good plot, good research, three-dimensional characters... but I didn't feel an emotional pull. I wish I did. Oppel explores a lot of areas that he only touches upon but never really explores, and that's okay- it's just a book about a boy who finds a brother in a chimpanzee. But the last 100 pages or so feel redundant to me and instead of strengthening or providing more intimacy in the relationship between Ben and Zan, it halts. It's a good book, so my 2 stars pretty much fits GoodRead's textbook definition, being 'okay'.