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Review of Waterworks
[Following is a volunteer review of "Waterworks" by Jack Winnick.]
I am reviewing the book Waterworks by Jack Winnick. It is about a group of terror-driven thugs that threaten the nation's drinking water with a terrible poison. Who is responsible for that? You will have to read it to find out!
Let's go into detail about this book. A married couple from the CIA has to find out what truly happens to the water supply. They are sent out to catch the culprits but while keeping it a secret. This book takes you on a rollercoaster ride of twists and turns with bumps like no other. There are several interesting things that might peak your interest. It like I was right alongside Lara and Uri, fighting the bad guys. I was completely drawn into this book. But alas, I have to rate it four out of five stars. Let's find out why.
Let's start out with the good, shall we? The author, Jack Winnick got all of his information from reliable technical sources. Although this was a work of fiction, it has had several instances where some thongs are non-fiction. For example, he referenced the assassination of Alexandar Litvinenko and the president of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He has also referenced the Israeli's customs and religion. The military forms of address were quite intriguing to me as well. Did you know that polonium is a product of a nuclear reactor in use? Polonium is also not found in nature and as I stated before, all of these have come from reliable sources. That is part of the reason that I found this book so intriguing. I enjoy the science part of things from time to time. Waterworks was tied well with both fiction and non-fiction. Now on to the bad side of things.
Some of the reasons as to why I decided this book was not a full five out of five was because there were times where I was lost. At times the chapters seemed to talk about the same thing over and over. Other times the point of view would switch and I would have to go back and make sure that I did not miss anything. At first I thought it was cool to switch point of views but after a while it somewhat got confusing. There were no indicators to tell me that the point of view was shifting to another person. There were a couple of paragraphs that had stars and that would be the only way I could tell that either time had passed or a point of view switched. It was quite infuriating. This book was also something that I thought could have been done a little better. For example by putting in P.O.V. could have been a little easier for some readers to be able to tell when the point of view switched. This book was not really what I expected it to be either. Due to the points of view and just not meeting my expectations for a true thriller. But I confess, it was a good book but it could have been greater.
So in order to conclude this book review I must explain the reasons I chose for a rating of four out of five. But first, let's go back a bit. Waterworks was laid out nicely for everyone to read. There were highs and lows to this book. For example, the captivating way of writing but the way the characters get lost within one another. Maybe there will be a different style of point of view instead of switching back and forth without warning. Maybe the next book will be as great as my expectations. Who knows? But this was a good book to read.
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Waterworks
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I am reviewing the book Waterworks by Jack Winnick. It is about a group of terror-driven thugs that threaten the nation's drinking water with a terrible poison. Who is responsible for that? You will have to read it to find out!
Let's go into detail about this book. A married couple from the CIA has to find out what truly happens to the water supply. They are sent out to catch the culprits but while keeping it a secret. This book takes you on a rollercoaster ride of twists and turns with bumps like no other. There are several interesting things that might peak your interest. It like I was right alongside Lara and Uri, fighting the bad guys. I was completely drawn into this book. But alas, I have to rate it four out of five stars. Let's find out why.
Let's start out with the good, shall we? The author, Jack Winnick got all of his information from reliable technical sources. Although this was a work of fiction, it has had several instances where some thongs are non-fiction. For example, he referenced the assassination of Alexandar Litvinenko and the president of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He has also referenced the Israeli's customs and religion. The military forms of address were quite intriguing to me as well. Did you know that polonium is a product of a nuclear reactor in use? Polonium is also not found in nature and as I stated before, all of these have come from reliable sources. That is part of the reason that I found this book so intriguing. I enjoy the science part of things from time to time. Waterworks was tied well with both fiction and non-fiction. Now on to the bad side of things.
Some of the reasons as to why I decided this book was not a full five out of five was because there were times where I was lost. At times the chapters seemed to talk about the same thing over and over. Other times the point of view would switch and I would have to go back and make sure that I did not miss anything. At first I thought it was cool to switch point of views but after a while it somewhat got confusing. There were no indicators to tell me that the point of view was shifting to another person. There were a couple of paragraphs that had stars and that would be the only way I could tell that either time had passed or a point of view switched. It was quite infuriating. This book was also something that I thought could have been done a little better. For example by putting in P.O.V. could have been a little easier for some readers to be able to tell when the point of view switched. This book was not really what I expected it to be either. Due to the points of view and just not meeting my expectations for a true thriller. But I confess, it was a good book but it could have been greater.
So in order to conclude this book review I must explain the reasons I chose for a rating of four out of five. But first, let's go back a bit. Waterworks was laid out nicely for everyone to read. There were highs and lows to this book. For example, the captivating way of writing but the way the characters get lost within one another. Maybe there will be a different style of point of view instead of switching back and forth without warning. Maybe the next book will be as great as my expectations. Who knows? But this was a good book to read.
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Waterworks
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