You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product?
Review title: The first problem with this book is the premise
Product review: In this novel London takes events that happened a few decades back andsets them in the present day. This is a very difficult thing to do.The author must take into consideration changing attitudes andpolitical climate. In this London fails miserably. For example, hedepicts FBI raids [that seem based on] Mathieson's ISOCH (whichtook place in the '70s) and sets them in the late '90s. While I willadmit that I have only a passing acquaintance with the Pine Ridgereservation, I do keep abreast of Indian Country politics, and itseems to me that both Native American political leaders, and the USgovernment have become a lot more sophisticated in their dealing witheach other over the past 10 years or so.A poor premise can stillmake a good book, however, if it is well written. This is not. Thecharacter development is very poor. London also jumps from event toevent, leaving some important pieces dangling when they becomesuperfluous to the plot....
