Title: Fell Flat
Review: I like most Wilbur Smith books I have read, especially the Courtney's in Africa. I am a bit surprised by the choice of Sean as the main character to follow the previous novel Rage. In that book I found both Garrick and Michael Courtney to be more interesting and really, Smith did a good job of revealing Sean to be a somewhat cruel and unlikable person in the last book.The romantic subplot is jokingly cheesy...I mean the dialogue is laughable. It is not really a gripping story. I usually skip the hunt scenes in Smith's books, which usually all have either a lion or elephant hunt. The first half of this book is nothing but: not one--but two; both a lion and then an elephant hunt...yawn.Then it is on to more of the story whose characters I couldn't care less about...hard to finish...and it fizzles rather than bangs. Maybe it is just hopelessy dated and doesn't hold up well taken out of a 1980s context.I would skip it and re-read Monsoon.
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