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First Assassin, The (2010)

by John J. Miller(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1935597116 (ISBN13: 9781935597117)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

AmazonEncore

review 1: Historical fiction isn't usually my thing but because I do enjoy the spy-type thrillers I gave this book a read. Perhaps it's just the style I like, but I felt this story skipped from scene to scene too frequently and the chapters were too long. I enjoyed the story, but I didn't have a real connection to the characters. You get some limited background on Rook and a couple other key characters but other than being thrown in to the middle of their lives at that particular moment in time, you know very little about them.I would have liked to see more development of the characters and a more emotional connection to them. Some of the detail included seemed overstated - stating the obvious or was insignificant to the overall storyline.A good casual read that could have been ... morebetter with more development.
review 2: Not a stand out book in any way, but it was not a miserable experience either. There were many predictable moments and just as many moments that were unremarkable enough that I couldn't recall them now if I wanted to. Those things said, reading about regular civilians in the time of the Civil War, hearing about people leaving cities or states because they weren't sure how the state would go, was somewhat entertaining. There were moments that reflected politics now and moments that were so opposite what we would expect to happen that they were almost laughable. Times have changed and the book reflects that, but some things are always the same and that is shown here too. I'd call this book average, with average plot and characters. While this story wasn't quite what I expected it to be, I wouldn't say that it was a total waste of my time. less

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