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A review by carnbostrikesagain
In a Veil of Mist by Donald S. Murray
slow-paced
2.0
This book has got to have one of the most misleading blurbs I've ever read. It endeavours to make this book seem as if it is about Operation Cauldron but it isn't really, that's all just backdrop for 3 relatively boring characters wandering about an island and listening to gaelic songs which are transcribed in gaelic and English in this book which is nice if there weren't nearly one a chapter. How much of this book is actually original content cause I'd say the songs make up near 30% of the overall word count.
It is described also as 'a haunting exploration of the costs and fallout of warmongering'. I fail to see how it fit any of that criteria. Sure one character's wife doesn't like chemical warfare and that makes him lose it but how is that an exploration of anything?
Having a specific event in history as the backdrop of setting of your story does not mean it is an 'exploration' of it. This book isn't seemingly attempting it either. It is more interested in the nature of people who live on islands.
I'm mad cause I was misled and I'm mad for the author cause he didn't mislead me. He probs had nothing really to do with the blurb.
Glad I got it out a charity shop and didn't spend 9.99 on it.
It is described also as 'a haunting exploration of the costs and fallout of warmongering'. I fail to see how it fit any of that criteria. Sure one character's wife doesn't like chemical warfare and that makes him lose it but how is that an exploration of anything?
Having a specific event in history as the backdrop of setting of your story does not mean it is an 'exploration' of it. This book isn't seemingly attempting it either. It is more interested in the nature of people who live on islands.
I'm mad cause I was misled and I'm mad for the author cause he didn't mislead me. He probs had nothing really to do with the blurb.
Glad I got it out a charity shop and didn't spend 9.99 on it.