Vendetta di sangue

One of his worst. Characters lack dimension, or on the other hand, are over blown. Plot is ridiculous, taking time out from your heat-of-the-moment, uncontrollable rage because there's no clues to follow. Or renting a ridiculously expensive apartment because of security concerns, only to go jogging

Wilbur Smith still can write extremely good. But the level of human cruelty in this book was too much for me to handle...

Terrible book. As a matter of fact, I suspect Wilbur Smith did not even write this book but it was written by a ghost. Paper thin plot, fractured story line, incompatible time line and seemingly spur of the moment twists in the development of this book. Not what I would describe as a classic Wilbur S Leggi tutto

I did not expect a novel of such low calibre from someone who has written fantastic thrillers in the past. Utterly forgettable. The characters are not well fleshed out at all. The plot is pathetic to say the least. Please don't bother buying this book.

Crap. Smith has long been one of my favorite writers. His books, while certainly containing violence, always had historical and political significance. His Birds of Prey trilogy helped lift me out of a deep depression several years ago. This book has none of those redeeming factors. This is glitz mix Leggi tutto

The book lacked depth, the plots were too basic and Mr Smith glorifies the other side of sexuality that made it fairly repulsive.

This is a completely disgusting book. A large part of it deals with a man repeatedly raping his own under-age ( and I mean less than 10 years old) step sisters in graphic detail, and then when he is in prison he arranges for them to be sent to an isolated island where they are forced to work in a br Leggi tutto

Definitely the worst of Wilbur Smith (if it was even written by Wilbur himself). The decline is sad and pitiful.

This book is like driving the scenic route to go watch a Robin Williams movie: The man is talented, you'll enjoy the ride, and when you get to the end he may surprise you with a rare piece of brilliance. But in all likelihood the end will be at best forgettable, probably disappointing. And you knew

Stephen King says on the cover of this book "You can get lost in Wilbur Smith." In my opinion Wilbur Smith lost his way sometime in the last fifteen years. I have read one of his novels, Monsoon, published in 1999 and gave it five stars. This is his most recent effort and I very nearly put it down w Leggi tutto