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A review by louisds
Into the Sun by Deni Ellis Béchard
3.0
Actually, 3.5 but I need to round it down for the following reasons.
1. It is a very good book, but not the page-turner, intense true war story advertised in the praise of the back cover. The pace is slower than I expected and the sequentially described perspectives of the different characters break the rhythm.
2. The first 100+ pages were frustrating for me because I could not figure out who the main character was. Then you discover she is who she is but so many questions, the most basic ones you can have on a character, remained unanswered for so long that it altered my reading experience. I don't know, maybe I missed it...
Overall, I enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to people interested in war journalism, Afghanistan, the post-9/11 world, etc.
There is something that reminded me of L'orangeraie by Larry Tremblay and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey. Not a bad combination in my book.
1. It is a very good book, but not the page-turner, intense true war story advertised in the praise of the back cover. The pace is slower than I expected and the sequentially described perspectives of the different characters break the rhythm.
2. The first 100+ pages were frustrating for me because I could not figure out who the main character was. Then you discover she is who she is but so many questions, the most basic ones you can have on a character, remained unanswered for so long that it altered my reading experience. I don't know, maybe I missed it...
Overall, I enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to people interested in war journalism, Afghanistan, the post-9/11 world, etc.
There is something that reminded me of L'orangeraie by Larry Tremblay and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey. Not a bad combination in my book.