Page Count: 79,450
Expected Completion Date: Jan. 16th, 2095
Book Page Count: 216
Title: The Jaguar
Author: T. Jefferson Parker
This book really lacked focus for me. Multiple story lines that weren't well developed ran parallel only to come crashing together in some half hazard way at the end. From my understanding the book is part of a larger series of books about a character by the name of Charlie Hood, my best guess is that these other books provide some background information about the characters in this book. None the less, a book should stand alone as well as fit nicely in a series, this one didn't do that.
The characters lack of development was just short of amazing. As I read the book I found almost all of the characters to be one dimensional, lacking any insight and instead focused on single simple items. Throwing in new characters was the norm for this author, most of which were given names and played somewhat major roles (such as helping to rescue the primary character's wife) but were never given a personality.
Another major fall back to this one was the climax. One (1) page (I know, I've never seen this before!). A single page ended a kidnapping which had lasted hundreds of pages. A couple characters dead, bang bang, all done. A 30 page ending followed where characters again were for the most part left singular.
The last chapter just finalized my view of the book. A whole new discussion/topic came up with a side character becoming the main villain because of some back history. Love was lost (in some corny way again in just a couple pages), and talk of super natural beings came in to the mix (no joke, new villain is the devil who has lived for centuries).
Terrible book, I have it a F
This book really lacked focus for me. Multiple story lines that weren't well developed ran parallel only to come crashing together in some half hazard way at the end. From my understanding the book is part of a larger series of books about a character by the name of Charlie Hood, my best guess is that these other books provide some background information about the characters in this book. None the less, a book should stand alone as well as fit nicely in a series, this one didn't do that.
The characters lack of development was just short of amazing. As I read the book I found almost all of the characters to be one dimensional, lacking any insight and instead focused on single simple items. Throwing in new characters was the norm for this author, most of which were given names and played somewhat major roles (such as helping to rescue the primary character's wife) but were never given a personality.
Another major fall back to this one was the climax. One (1) page (I know, I've never seen this before!). A single page ended a kidnapping which had lasted hundreds of pages. A couple characters dead, bang bang, all done. A 30 page ending followed where characters again were for the most part left singular.
The last chapter just finalized my view of the book. A whole new discussion/topic came up with a side character becoming the main villain because of some back history. Love was lost (in some corny way again in just a couple pages), and talk of super natural beings came in to the mix (no joke, new villain is the devil who has lived for centuries).
Terrible book, I have it a F
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