I'm sorry. I usually try to enjoy everything I read but this one left me off balance and uncomfortable. Not the subject, which has possibilities, but the writing style.
It is much too disjointed, written as if from the perspective of a spoiled 8 year old and covering a massive collection of irrelevancies. The first half of the book left me with absolutely no feelings towards any of the characters. Some of the comments attributed to major players sounded exactly like something a child would say during a playground spat - but these were supposed to be functioning adults.
I didn't even get to the "good" bits presumably hidden away in the second half of the book. I scanned through the latter chapters but nothing at all grabbed me.
The author said in his other book "Mean Streets - Life in the Apartheid Police" that it is never good advice to see a lawyer for they are only good at taking your money and give long boring explanations on why you do not see tangible results for your case. It cannot be denied that hard working honest folk is scammed out of money every day and especially foreigners in Africa. This book of...
The sexual molestation of a handsome young student by a female high school teacher in an isolated tropical Australian town, triggers assassinations, abductions and murder.
Jarek runs a rainforest camp for adolescents where he introduces the youths to the joys of independence, freedom from irrational taboos, respect for nature and each other, and pride in natural masculine instincts.
When Jarek...
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Comments for "The Bendersons: Kidnapped at K7"
It is much too disjointed, written as if from the perspective of a spoiled 8 year old and covering a massive collection of irrelevancies. The first half of the book left me with absolutely no feelings towards any of the characters. Some of the comments attributed to major players sounded exactly like something a child would say during a playground spat - but these were supposed to be functioning adults.
I didn't even get to the "good" bits presumably hidden away in the second half of the book. I scanned through the latter chapters but nothing at all grabbed me.
Not for me.
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The author said in his other book "Mean Streets - Life in the Apartheid Police" that it is never good advice to see a lawyer for they are only good at taking your money and give long boring explanations on why you do not see tangible results for your case. It cannot be denied that hard working honest folk is scammed out of money every day and especially foreigners in Africa. This book of...
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The sexual molestation of a handsome young student by a female high school teacher in an isolated tropical Australian town, triggers assassinations, abductions and murder. Jarek runs a rainforest camp for adolescents where he introduces the youths to the joys of independence, freedom from irrational taboos, respect for nature and each other, and pride in natural masculine instincts. When Jarek...