The Silent War by Andreas Norman – 1 Stars
Publisher: Quercus (US)
ISBN: 9781635060881
Wish I could say something
positive about this book, but I’m at a loss for words. Since it was touted as a
spy book I envisioned intrigue, clever maneuvers, thrilling encounters, and
unexpected events. No, no, no and no. Instead it dwelled relentlessly on
personal lives that in the most part never contributed to the story’s
progression. I could ignore the formatting on my Kindle with no chapters, no
separations between unlike events, and the combining of words that should be cleaned
up in the final version. However, the inordinate number of staccato, punchy
sentences that began with “The”, as if an outline, and the endless use of
pronouns that turned out to be someone other than would naturally be assumed
was extremely annoying.
The story itself is described in
the book’s blurb and is the most interesting thing I read. The actual content included
cheap sex dialogue and continuous family problems with secretive cheating and
child issues that leant little and distracted from the book being a spy novel. Enough is enough. And, this is how I struggled
through it – stopping and picking it up later hoping it would improve.
I never thought I’d issue a “Not
Recommend” to anything I reviewed. The characters Bente Jensen and Jonathon
Green should have stayed under the sheets. Sorry.
Reviewer: Rich
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