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Title: Average at best
Review: I have read the entire Courtney series, and am a big fan of Wilbur Smith. This book although it tries to make a statement about the slave trade etc, misses the mark entirely. It's almost like this was the first book he ever write. You can see how Smith is trying to get the reader to love certain characters and hate others, but it just doesn't happen.The book also goes on far too long and when I got to the final 5%, I just wanted it over. Normally I am anxious to see what happens, but in this instance I just didn't care.Hate giving Smith a bad review, but this book just doesn't do it. I have found one or two of his previous books did miss the mark as well. I guess we all have off books.
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