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The Sign (2009)

by Raymond Khoury(Favorite Author)

3.35 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0525950974 (ISBN13: 9780525950974)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Dutton Adult

review 1: This is my 2nd Raymond Khoury book that I picked up. I could not bring myself to finish his first one "The Last Templar", one of the few rare instances that I could not finish a book. I try not to give up on a book knowing the effort that the writer puts into writing one. But I just could not finish the 1st one. So it was with trepidation that I picked this one hoping that I would be able to make through this one at least. It was better than The Last Templar, but not by much. The plot is the same old -- mavericks trying to force the society to change for the better, but the change gets out of hand when people with their own agendas get into the scheme and hijack it for their own benefit.The main leads again battle tremendous odds and come out swinging to salvage the situat... moreion and all come out as winners except for the bad guys who end up dead. No surprise there.I would give The Sign 2.5 stars out of 5. Since GoodReads does not allow me to rate a book 2.5 I am rounding it out to 3. It will be sometime I think before I would pick up another Raymond Khoury book. It may be best seller but as I have found out it does not suit my palate.
review 2: This is a fast-paced story, difficult to put down, and deals with very contemporary issues. By and large, the book is more of a personal political expression of the author. It's hard to miss that and that's actually okay, if the story would pan out realistically enough. That's where I am not completely happy with this book... the message has been delivered, but not convincingly enough. At some point, I'm left wondering if the whole rant is not so much against a political ideology as much as it is against the incompetence of a couple of very important leaders. And, let's face it, this has happened over centuries.. often as a result of people's will... we let leaders do wrong things, e.g mixing politics and religion. And till we agree on a universal common definition of right and wrong, the problems the author highlights will not end.. which means never. So, I think it's a good story, though it's not convincing enough in its message or realistic enough. The author kind of loses the plot a bit towards the end and managed to confuse me quite a bit with his intended message. Maybe a more cynical end would have been realistic and more thought provoking. Definitely give this book a shot. The theme is truly very relevant... less

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