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A review by clareworley
Dark Justice by Jack Higgins
2.0
Another 'stuck in a remote Irish cottage with no television and dodgy internet' read which followed PD James and that Dawn of Empires thing... it was this or something in German, some kind of trashy 'middle-aged woman misery chicklit' thing and Jeffrey Archer.
OK, so I've never read a Sean Dillon book before but my instinct was one of 'Calling Gary-Stu!' If the editor had removed every reference to Sean Dillon being 'the best' at whatever, it would've been a third shorter.
On the other hand, it was kind of gripping in that 'well, I haven't got anything better to do' sort of way, and it's head and shoulders above the Archer choice - I never did get that bored.
Maybe if I'd read a Sean Dillon before I might've enjoyed it better. As it is, I remember few details and cared about even fewer...
OK, so I've never read a Sean Dillon book before but my instinct was one of 'Calling Gary-Stu!' If the editor had removed every reference to Sean Dillon being 'the best' at whatever, it would've been a third shorter.
On the other hand, it was kind of gripping in that 'well, I haven't got anything better to do' sort of way, and it's head and shoulders above the Archer choice - I never did get that bored.
Maybe if I'd read a Sean Dillon before I might've enjoyed it better. As it is, I remember few details and cared about even fewer...