Yes, I’ve gotten somewhat away from my usual diet of history
and biography lately. But what the heck it was summer and time for some novels
with exotic locales, daring adventures, and romance. Take my latest The Smoke Jumper by
Nicholas Evans .
Positive: Descriptive, informative background , unconventional love story.
Negative: Predictable. Ending was a little far fetched.
The Bottom Line is I
enjoyed this book for its entertainment value. It had lots of action and really
interesting settings. I recommend it.
The Smoke Jumper was written basically in three Parts, The first part sets the scene of a platonic
love triangle who protagonist are two young “smoke jumpers" and a beautiful
girl. The fact that their interactions were initially set in Western Montana won me over
right away. Unfortunately the smoke jumping part, which I find quite fascinating is limited to the opening chapters.
Part Two focuses on the tangled a tangled web of love and
duty following deaths and injury from a major forest fire. It’s interesting but
a little stilted and while the background is believable the events seem a
little too pat. Romance its not. Its denial and moral dilemmas.
Part Three has lot of action in a civil war in Uganda but to fit the plot together
the story line stretches credulity.
I really did enjoy the book. With only a few, but really
interesting characters, it didn’t take too long to become involved in their
fate. A fun book to take along to the
beach!
6 comments:
Hmmmm.....have not read this book either. But I have the read The Horse Whisperer, and I've also seen the movie from that book.
I still like The Time Traveler's Wife. lol
A good read indeed, Francine.
It does sound interesting.
Yes, summer is the time to move from "serious" reading. I always read lighter materials in summer and save the others for winter by the fire.
That sounds like the book tried to cover too much ground. Too bad it didn't stick with the smoke jumping part as that sounds interesting. Great review - short and to the point!
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