Reviewed by -- Shadow
Walker
Book Review of -- Call
to Arms: Nations Fall by Randy
Lindsay
Overall star rating
--- 3
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Book creation ratings
Overall total, out of
30 -- 18
-- Story &
characters -- 3
-- Cover & title
-- 7
-- Editing &
formatting -- 8
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The review --
The first five lives
of the story are the most important part of the book for me. The author either
sucks me into the story or I give up on it. The only thing I really enjoyed in
the first 46 pages of the book was the introduction of the President and Vice
President into the story. I was ready to stop reading it until business picked
up on page 47.
I found my mind
drifting countless times during the first 46 pages of the novel. I was
interested in the political, social, and military plots of the story, but the
religious angle turned me off. The characters never really grabbed me and I
never really connected with any of them.
I was happy that two
characters survived the ordeal and the ending was good. The second half of the
book swings along at a nice pace and held my interest. I didn't appreciate
using the Mormon Church in the fashion the author did. It totally turned me off
to an important part of the story line.
I wasn't a fan of the
author's writing style. The imagery just never grabbed in this book. I noticed
several sentences that suffered from poor word phrasing in the book. It was a
well edited book. It's not a
book that I'd read again, but it's worth reading for the ending. Enjoy!!!
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- Military
Fiction.
Age recommendations --
Fifth grade through adulthood.
Sex content rating -- None.
Violence rating -- Mild
for a war story
setting.
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