Adam Lewis (2)

Thank you LibraryThing for the copy.

I am second guessing my wild clicking and choosing these giveaways.

I am not sure why I clicked this book. Likely the description intrigued me. But the book itself was not anything I expected. Over 2/3 was background. I kept waiting for the actual story-line to begin.

The main character's life as an abused child to determined teen to adulthood was not what I wanted. I wanted a DA to do more faster and maybe have his prior experiences intermingle within.… (més)

Poor pacing too much backstory and not enough plot. The bases of a reasonable book are there, but it doesn't feel like a novel as such more a series of related character portraits strung together. Much like the Silmarillion it's vital detail that an author needs to understand their characters, but it doesn't actually want to be published for any but the most dedicated fans.

Jay is a young kid living with a drug addicted mother and her pimp. His young world is shattered when is grandfather Henry rescues him and his mother, although she prefers independence to his military ways and returns to the streets. Jay grows up and follows is 'pops' footsteps into the marines until he gets invalided out, and then follows the footsteps of his 'pops' friend into law and becomes a DA determined to sort out street crime seeking revenge for his earliest years.

Meh. never cared about any of them, didn't like the motivations and didn't like the structure.… (més)