The Gray Heron by John Wilde is a book in need of a story ! Don’t get me wrong, I really wanted to like this book, but there are too many undeveloped stories here. To show you what I mean. The book opens up introducing the reader to a semi-retired CIA Operative and quickly jumps into a special op mission in Nicaragua which has the potential to be a really good read. The book then quickly devolves into the story of his family and this is where ninety percent of the book stays. In the very end the reader is returned too Nicaragua to tie up the lose ends of the special op mission that the book opened with. Both of these stories have the potential to be developed into really good full bodied stories. Unfortunately, that is not the case here. The book suffers from lack of a good editor and that is a shame because Mr. Wilde can tell a good story. I just wish he had picked one and fully developed it. I will look for more books by him because I do believe that he will improve with time.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
A Book in Need of a Story
The Gray Heron by John Wilde is a book in need of a story ! Don’t get me wrong, I really wanted to like this book, but there are too many undeveloped stories here. To show you what I mean. The book opens up introducing the reader to a semi-retired CIA Operative and quickly jumps into a special op mission in Nicaragua which has the potential to be a really good read. The book then quickly devolves into the story of his family and this is where ninety percent of the book stays. In the very end the reader is returned too Nicaragua to tie up the lose ends of the special op mission that the book opened with. Both of these stories have the potential to be developed into really good full bodied stories. Unfortunately, that is not the case here. The book suffers from lack of a good editor and that is a shame because Mr. Wilde can tell a good story. I just wish he had picked one and fully developed it. I will look for more books by him because I do believe that he will improve with time.
The Gray Heron by John Wilde is a book in need of a story ! Don’t get me wrong, I really wanted to like this book, but there are too many undeveloped stories here. To show you what I mean. The book opens up introducing the reader to a semi-retired CIA Operative and quickly jumps into a special op mission in Nicaragua which has the potential to be a really good read. The book then quickly devolves into the story of his family and this is where ninety percent of the book stays. In the very end the reader is returned too Nicaragua to tie up the lose ends of the special op mission that the book opened with. Both of these stories have the potential to be developed into really good full bodied stories. Unfortunately, that is not the case here. The book suffers from lack of a good editor and that is a shame because Mr. Wilde can tell a good story. I just wish he had picked one and fully developed it. I will look for more books by him because I do believe that he will improve with time.
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