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The Boy Who Stole The Leopard's Spots (2012)

by Tamar Myers(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061997730 (ISBN13: 9780061997730)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

series

Amanda Brown

review 1: This is the third of Tamar Myers Africa books. Since she grew up there, she knows what she's writing about and it definitely shows. This story rambles between times from 1935 to 1958. The characters are natives (especially Cripple, the devout heathen), the American Protestant missionary, and the many Europeans, mostly Catholic, some there with the church and others for diamonds. Of course, the boy is there (who grows up). It's an earthy tale of intrigue, religion, and mystery.
review 2: This book is part of a trilogy, a fact which is not at all obvious when you read the blurb. The author made many veiled references to prior events which must have happened in the past books but since I haven't read them, I had no idea what she was talking about. The author's wri... moreting style didn't sit well with me - I felt like she was simply telling me things instead of showing me. The characters were very one dimensional, with no development over the course of the novel, and the storyline failed to keep my attention. What seemed like a very promising novel turned out to be quite an underwhelming read. less

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