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A review by highvoltagegrrl
The Moment by Douglas Kennedy
3.0
Book Review
The Moment is a novel written primarily about Berlin in 1984, when the Wall was still in place, dividing East from West Germany. Mr. Kennedy writes a story of a travel writer who goes to Berlin to write the follow up to his debut novel. Perhaps because the story is about a writer, I found it took a very long time to get to the main plot of the story, with a lot of unimportant details. There was much written about the main character's life before his trip to Berlin, which was really unnecessary. Once I got to the story on Berlin, it was very well written and exciting. It describes the complexity of what that time must have been like for people living in divided Germany. His description of the city, both East and West make the reader want to travel there to see the city even now years after the Wall has come down. The plot regarding the spying and espionage was a bit predictable but you feel bad for Thomas, the main character in the novel because he has either been duped or lost his one chance for true love in his lifetime. The author does give us the perspective of Petra, the young woman Thomas falls in love with, but it may have been better if we had her perspective mixed in with Thomas' throughout the story, not just in a few chapters near the end. Overall it was a good book, especially if you like travel or destination novels.
Book Rating: 3/5
Book Received From: Atria/Simon & Schuster for Review
Reviewer: Gabi for Book Sake. http://booksake.blogspot.com
The Moment is a novel written primarily about Berlin in 1984, when the Wall was still in place, dividing East from West Germany. Mr. Kennedy writes a story of a travel writer who goes to Berlin to write the follow up to his debut novel. Perhaps because the story is about a writer, I found it took a very long time to get to the main plot of the story, with a lot of unimportant details. There was much written about the main character's life before his trip to Berlin, which was really unnecessary. Once I got to the story on Berlin, it was very well written and exciting. It describes the complexity of what that time must have been like for people living in divided Germany. His description of the city, both East and West make the reader want to travel there to see the city even now years after the Wall has come down. The plot regarding the spying and espionage was a bit predictable but you feel bad for Thomas, the main character in the novel because he has either been duped or lost his one chance for true love in his lifetime. The author does give us the perspective of Petra, the young woman Thomas falls in love with, but it may have been better if we had her perspective mixed in with Thomas' throughout the story, not just in a few chapters near the end. Overall it was a good book, especially if you like travel or destination novels.
Book Rating: 3/5
Book Received From: Atria/Simon & Schuster for Review
Reviewer: Gabi for Book Sake. http://booksake.blogspot.com