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Review title: Only "sort of" a thriller...
Product review: Well, it started out as an exciting book. And the author does have writing talent. But after the initial killings take place, the book enters a slooooooowwww period that goes on and on and on, until the blatantly predictable ending. I'm the kind of person who never sees the "twist" in movies coming, but the ending of this book was waving a yellow flag from three miles away.As a wimpy white belt who just started karate a month ago, I did enjoy reading the bits concerning the dojo and different Japanese ideas. But the idea that this adjunct college professor (we are never given an explanation of how he is able to read Japanese-- did they teach that in kempo?) who has trained in martial arts in his spare time is able to rise to the level that he does... it certainly stretches the plausibility factor more than a Jackie Chan movie. At the end I was just waiting for this book to be over.
