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A review by zefrog
Full Circle by Michael Thomas Ford
4.0
Full Circle is an epic story about logical families, spanning almost 60 decades, that presents us with a sweeping historical panorama of the second half of the 20th century. As such the book is very ambitious and like most ambitious books it doesn’t quite achieves its aim, though I enjoyed how much it is anchored by real/historic events.
The second half particularly tends to lose focus, at the same time that Ford seems to run out of space ideas or space: the last 20-odd years are covered within a short chapter or so.
And just like Ned and Jack at some point ask themselves why they are friends with Andy, the elusive third protagonist of the story, it seems difficult to figure out what the purpose of Andy’s character is in the plot, other than as a useful narrative device to move things along.
This is the third book by Ford that I’ve read (and I believe his third book too). His writing has improved tremendously from his two first efforts and, despite a few odd corners still, the style is highly readable, creating a captivating story, that made me in turn chuckle and tear up, and always kept me gripped.
The second half particularly tends to lose focus, at the same time that Ford seems to run out of space ideas or space: the last 20-odd years are covered within a short chapter or so.
And just like Ned and Jack at some point ask themselves why they are friends with Andy, the elusive third protagonist of the story, it seems difficult to figure out what the purpose of Andy’s character is in the plot, other than as a useful narrative device to move things along.
This is the third book by Ford that I’ve read (and I believe his third book too). His writing has improved tremendously from his two first efforts and, despite a few odd corners still, the style is highly readable, creating a captivating story, that made me in turn chuckle and tear up, and always kept me gripped.