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My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
3.0
I got My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor fro free from NetGalley for a fair and honest review.
My Father’s House tells the story of an Irish Catholic priest based in the Vatican city in Rome during world war II who runs an organisation that helps allied prisoners of war escape German captivity.
There are times when I go into reading a World War II novel that examines an are of conflict that my reading life has not been overwhelmed by that I go in with such hope, as this allows me to read a new twist on the subject which gives me a whole new reading experience.
Particular when the main character is not someone you expect takes the role of the leading character. In this case Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty an Irish man who has no reason to love the British.
While the novel promises so much to the reader such as myself from reading the description. However in my opinion the novel rarely lived up to my exceptions, both in the character study of the individuals involved and the way that the tension was used in the story.
While I am not saying that there were no parts of the story that had me gripped, they did seem few and fair between from a well written thriller novel.
In addition to the character development and in depth study of the characters involved was minimal and did feel almost two dimensional, both in their motivations and development.
This may have been because this novel is based on true events and was based around a true story and felt like it fell between the two stools of novel and historical study.
All in all My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor while not reaching the level I was expecting was still an enjoyable read.
My Father’s House tells the story of an Irish Catholic priest based in the Vatican city in Rome during world war II who runs an organisation that helps allied prisoners of war escape German captivity.
There are times when I go into reading a World War II novel that examines an are of conflict that my reading life has not been overwhelmed by that I go in with such hope, as this allows me to read a new twist on the subject which gives me a whole new reading experience.
Particular when the main character is not someone you expect takes the role of the leading character. In this case Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty an Irish man who has no reason to love the British.
While the novel promises so much to the reader such as myself from reading the description. However in my opinion the novel rarely lived up to my exceptions, both in the character study of the individuals involved and the way that the tension was used in the story.
While I am not saying that there were no parts of the story that had me gripped, they did seem few and fair between from a well written thriller novel.
In addition to the character development and in depth study of the characters involved was minimal and did feel almost two dimensional, both in their motivations and development.
This may have been because this novel is based on true events and was based around a true story and felt like it fell between the two stools of novel and historical study.
All in all My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor while not reaching the level I was expecting was still an enjoyable read.