Review of Waves Break (on Unknown Shores)

[Nathaniel Owolabi]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Waves Break (on Unknown Shores)" by Barry Litherland.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Waves Break (on Unknown Shores) is a story told from the perspective of a young man and journalist of a local paper - Philip Tyler. It shows us the way a set of friends - Philip Tyler, Wayne Keech, and Tina Oldfield - pull through childhood, teens, and early adulthood trying to figure out life with the shadow of their nemesis hovering right on them. The nemesis here is in form of Tyrone Keech, brother to Wayne Keech. However, not only do the friends share the same “nemesis” they also share the experience of the death of a friend. They were supposed to be done with all of the mess from their past, with Wayne having been employed to work in a factory, Philip working as a Journalist, and Tina preparing to go for her Ph.D., but as it turned out, life still had a few more twists in store for them. Now they have to deal with an accusation of burglary, old enemies from school, and even more scary, their nemesis – Tyrone Keech- and his gangster boss, George Mackie.

Barry Litherland does a great job in this book. The story is very interesting and engaging; very hard to put down. He writes suspense like the professional he is and keeps the reader’s attention to the end. He creates interesting and unique characters- with Wayne being irrepressible and Philip being timid. Barry has great storytelling abilities. He is simply an excellent author and this shows in the way he brings his characters together.

Despite the fact that this book is a great book, there was a simple fault I found in this book. I have to mention that this fault has nothing to do with Barry’s storytelling skill or his writing style; the fault I found is in the story's plot itself. I found it rather odd that the character telling the story was the one who did not have that happy of an ending. Others got all they were wishing for but the character narrating the story, making it seem like he was just a bystander who gets caught up at the end of the day. I personally felt he deserved a better ending than that. This is a great book, but if I could change one thing, I would make the narrator have a better end.

It has been a great experience reading this book and I loved it. Despite the fault I found, I still think this book is great. I think I can live with the one issue I found; however, this book was not well edited which is why I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars.

I recommend this book to lovers of crime and thriller books as this book is packed full of suspense.

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[Oye Timothy]

This is a book that touched on nemesis. This would be a good thriller. Thanks for the review.

[Bigwig1973]

I've read this book and I enjoyed it very much! You wrote a nice summary of this book I like your perspective on Phil: I guess I never really thought about it. It would be nice to hear that he has a happier future coming up! Nice review!