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danbo99 's review for:
Shadow of the Lions
by Christopher Swann
A worker at a local bookstore told me that she didn't want to put this book down and couldn't wait to for me to read it. I loved this book. I have read other reviewers say that it starts slow, but it grabbed and held my attention from the start. I enjoyed the way it set up the story by alternating timelines from when Matthias was a boy and years later when he was a teacher. I liked the way the author used that the main character was both a student and teacher at the school and that he included excerpts of other books and bits of poetry.
I don't care for a book that tries to tie everything up in the last chapter. That is too rushed and oftentimes leaves me feeling disappointed. This book was so full of twists and turns along the way I couldn't wait to have time to read more and see how it would end. And sure maybe I may have suspected a thing or two along the way, but there were still many surprises and in the end it all fit together very well.
I don't care for a book that tries to tie everything up in the last chapter. That is too rushed and oftentimes leaves me feeling disappointed. This book was so full of twists and turns along the way I couldn't wait to have time to read more and see how it would end. And sure maybe I may have suspected a thing or two along the way, but there were still many surprises and in the end it all fit together very well.