A review by angelreadsthings
Johnny Hazzard by Eddie de Oliveira

3.0

This book started out greatly. The author writes with a unique yet enjoyable style and easily depicts realistic, entertaining characters; however, for me, the novel had two major downfalls. The first being its overly political nature at times. Throughout the first major part of the book and the ending, the politics are scattered and small, which I felt was bearable; yet, during the Belgium trip, I felt that the political presence was overwhelming. The second being the trip to Belgium in general. Besides the high political level, I had a problem with the length of that section. For such a long section, it moved the plot a long very minimally and only a small portion provided any character development. Fortunately, the ending was just as great as the beginning(though not great enough to completely negate the problems of the Belgian holiday).