I read Traitor by this author and I have very similar feelings toward this book that I had for that one. This time around I went into the book knowing I was going to have to pay very special attention to the characters. It was very hard to keep the characters straight last time and so this time I had to constantly be paying attention to the names. So, it was easier to keep them straight this time. I think having problems keeping the characters straight has a lot to do with the names. They are names that are Polish and Ukrainian, so I am not familiar with them which makes the names just blur into words.
Like the other book there are some interesting moments that build suspense, but overall, the book is just following the characters without having an end goal. The book doesn’t end with a win or a loss, it just ends. This is something I don’t nessisarly like. I did find that I enjoyed this book more than Traitor, but I think that is because I listened to this book. For me this is a slower book, so it is more suited for me listening to it while doing other things. Just sitting down to read it physically would be to boring for me.
I’m also not a big history buff and don’t know a lot about history, which might aid you in this book. A lot of the stuff and groups in this book are not explained and need to be previously known to understand what is happening. But one thing I do appreciate is that there is a list in the back of the book explaining what each group is and who each person is. This can be a very helpful toll while reading the book because not a lot is explained in the actual story.
Like the other book there are some interesting moments that build suspense, but overall, the book is just following the characters without having an end goal. The book doesn’t end with a win or a loss, it just ends. This is something I don’t nessisarly like. I did find that I enjoyed this book more than Traitor, but I think that is because I listened to this book. For me this is a slower book, so it is more suited for me listening to it while doing other things. Just sitting down to read it physically would be to boring for me.
I’m also not a big history buff and don’t know a lot about history, which might aid you in this book. A lot of the stuff and groups in this book are not explained and need to be previously known to understand what is happening. But one thing I do appreciate is that there is a list in the back of the book explaining what each group is and who each person is. This can be a very helpful toll while reading the book because not a lot is explained in the actual story.