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A review by meaganc108
The Patriots by Sana Krasikov
2.0
I had really high hopes for this. It didn't live up.
First off, I think it was far too long and didn't really know where to focus this attention. From the blurb I was expecting an element of intrigue and suspense but every time I thought the story would get going it just stopped. I was interested in Florence's story and thought the idea that her son would be searching through her sealed records to find answers would be really interesting but it took nearly 300 pages for this informer element to even come in and even then it was lacklustre. Her son doesn't even seem to be looking very hard for her records and then he just seems to get distracted with his own son and doesn't even get the records until 400 odd pages in.
It's not what I was expecting. Maybe it's just that I was expecting something different based on the description but I really don't think this lived up to the potential it had.
First off, I think it was far too long and didn't really know where to focus this attention. From the blurb I was expecting an element of intrigue and suspense but every time I thought the story would get going it just stopped. I was interested in Florence's story and thought the idea that her son would be searching through her sealed records to find answers would be really interesting but it took nearly 300 pages for this informer element to even come in and even then it was lacklustre. Her son doesn't even seem to be looking very hard for her records and then he just seems to get distracted with his own son and doesn't even get the records until 400 odd pages in.
It's not what I was expecting. Maybe it's just that I was expecting something different based on the description but I really don't think this lived up to the potential it had.