loribelle100 's review for:

The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille

3.0

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was too long by a third. By around 300-400 pages in, it was so repetitive and drawn out, it was hard to stay awake long enough to complete a chapter. Thankfully, it picked back up a bit toward the end. The idea behind the story was intriguing, but still the only reason I finished it was because John Corey is an entertaining character, and I knew the ending of Lion’s Game would be important in the next book of the series. It was the chapters told from the “lion’s” perspective that were essentially same rant, different day. Yeah yeah, you hate the US. Got it. I was SO glad to be done with this book!!! One more like it, and I’ll drop the series altogether. Eight days — half of which were a struggle — to read one book?!? Nope.