A review by katherineep
The Shiro Project by David S. Khara, Sophie Weiner

4.0

In an action oriented book I normally find that character development is one of the things that gets left out. The characters tend to be one dimensional, the good guys can't be beaten and the bad guys are villainous-ly evil. One of the things I loved most about this book was that this is the exception to that rule. Eytan is kind of awesome. He's this giant man who was basically designed to be a killing machine yet he lives by his code of ethics. He lets compassion for the innocent drive him instead of hatred for the enemy. He's funny, charismatic, watches Kung Fu movies in his free time but when he has too he can also kill 3 heavily armed soldiers in seconds. While Elena is less likable I did begin to empathize with her. The good guys were profiting from discoveries made in the most inhumane ways possible, the bad guys had some good intentions, The plot kept me turning the pages to find out what would happen next and what would become of Elena and Eytan.

Cons: There was a lot of jumping around both in terms of location and timeline. While the change in locations was fun the changes in timelines made it feel a little disjointed. While all the flashbacks were helpful to character development, it always took me a page or two to get re-involved in the story.

Overall: While this wasn't perfect I really enjoyed this fast paced thriller. The characters were what really made this book enjoyable for me which I find unusual for this genre. This is the second book in the series but I had no problems jumping into the story. I didn't feel like not reading the first book impacted my enjoyment.

Edit review: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-shiro-project-blog-tour-review.html