Helpful Score: 2
I really liked this book and give it top marks! Five stars! It was refreshing and new; somewhat different than what I've been reading lately, but I liked the premise of the story. I have never heard of or read Mr. Bunn before but I will definitely pursue others.
Good characters, good plot, fast passed, interesting. The characters were well developed and complicated, deep and likable all at once. The plot was intricate and fast paced but not overly complicated or confusing. I am not an overly religious person, but I do believe in God and Jesus; the religious theme and basis of the plot was nice but didnt hit you over the head. The story was set in Bagdad, Iraq and it was nice to see that there are moderates among the Muslim community. I dont believe that this book was part of a series, which is somewhat unfortunate because I really liked Marc (main character) and Sameh (another main character) and Id have liked to see a relationship develop between Marc and Samehs niece.
Good characters, good plot, fast passed, interesting. The characters were well developed and complicated, deep and likable all at once. The plot was intricate and fast paced but not overly complicated or confusing. I am not an overly religious person, but I do believe in God and Jesus; the religious theme and basis of the plot was nice but didnt hit you over the head. The story was set in Bagdad, Iraq and it was nice to see that there are moderates among the Muslim community. I dont believe that this book was part of a series, which is somewhat unfortunate because I really liked Marc (main character) and Sameh (another main character) and Id have liked to see a relationship develop between Marc and Samehs niece.
I agree with another reviewer that the book had too many characters, and was confusing. I ended up taking out a notebook, and re-started the book, listing each character and their traits and jobs, etc. ONLY after I did that did the characters begin to fall into place = and I had to both add to and refer to my notes frequently during the first 100 pages.
I enjoyed reading about the war-torn area of Baglad, and feel the author did a fantastic job of bringing the reality of the war to his readers. Actually, after I'd figured out who was who and did what, I enjoyed the story, and did wonder if there was any thruth to the Christian aspects of the "underworld" church bringing Shiite, Shia, Christian and Muslims together "for the Name of Jesus only."
Although I ALWAYS find the hero character a bit annoying (always wining over extrordinary obsticals,) I did feel the scenes were well developed, contained both fear and humor, and basically were well developed.
I enjoyed reading about the war-torn area of Baglad, and feel the author did a fantastic job of bringing the reality of the war to his readers. Actually, after I'd figured out who was who and did what, I enjoyed the story, and did wonder if there was any thruth to the Christian aspects of the "underworld" church bringing Shiite, Shia, Christian and Muslims together "for the Name of Jesus only."
Although I ALWAYS find the hero character a bit annoying (always wining over extrordinary obsticals,) I did feel the scenes were well developed, contained both fear and humor, and basically were well developed.
Wonderful, Bunn 's Hero is quite a guy. He's saves a family
& I really hope this is first of a series !
& I really hope this is first of a series !
