Review: Dad grabbed this book when it came in with the other Hachette books and called dibs! So this review is his- hopefully I'll be able to read it after hubby does!
Mr. Meltzer has taken a common
hardworking archivist working for the federal government and turned him into a
so called “James Bond” type. Mr. Meltzer takes all of his characters and blends
them together in his book, taking the bad guys and the good guys and really not
letting you know just who is who for a very long time. Just when you think you
have figured out who is good, and who is bad (or near bad and near good), bamm,
you are dead wrong. Friends become enemies and so called enemies become
friends.
As you read through the book, Mr.
Meltzer takes you on a journey through the history of our country, both real
and contrived. It will be up to you to figure out what is real and what isn’t.
You, maybe as I did, will want to go to Google and look the things up that are
talked about in this book. Did George Washington really create the agency and
the Military Medal that is talked about in this book? I believe this book can
also make you want to go back and learn more about the history of our country
and how things really did happen to shape our country the way we are today.
This book will stimulate your mind in that direction.
The plot has many twists and turns.
Many characters are introduced as you go along in this journey with the young
jilted archivist that is trying to get his life back together that will astound
you. You will hate many of these characters, and love many of them. and many
will thrill you and many will make you cry with their stories.
In this book you will see our
Nation at its finest, and maybe at its worst. You will have to remember, we are
all just different people with different ideas and the author, Mr. Meltzer has
an excellent way of delivering this, and he knows the human nature very well
and brings it out in his writing style.
If you love our country and love
reading stories about it real or made up, you will indeed enjoy reading this
novel. Who is to say this isn’t really the way it is?????
Can you tell he REALLY liked the book? Put this one on your January reading list for sure!
About the Author: Brad Meltzer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He is also one of the co-creators of the TV show, Jack & Bobby-and is the number one selling author of the critically acclaimed comic books, Identity Crisis and Justice League of America.
Raised in Brooklyn and Miami, Brad is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School. Brad has played himself as an extra in Woody Allen's Celebrity and earned credit from Columbia Law School for writing his first book, which became The Tenth Justice. Before all of that, he got 24 rejection letters for his true first novel, which still sits on his shelf, published by Kinko's. His books have spent over nine months on the bestseller lists, and have been translated into over 25 languages, from Hebrew to Bulgarian. Brad currently lives in Florida with his wife and children.
Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Hachette Publishing, for review purposes. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been receiv
- ISBN-10: 0446577898
- ISBN-13: 978-0446577892