Oathtaker.com
Friend and follow Patricia Reding
  • Home
  • Patricia's Blog and Interviews
  • Patricia's Reviews of Other Works

I Liked the Macaw the Best

5/5/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
* * * * *

I was provided a copy of REBROBATE through Goodreads’ Read It & Reap program in exchange for my fair and honest review.

I really wanted not to like Katla.  I really wanted to think that a story about an assassin, entirely amoral—yes, a reprobate in the truest sense of the word—would be so disquieting that it would leave me wanting no more.  Instead, I found that Katla was likeable—not lovable—but, likeable and that though she lived by no code that would be readily recognized by most, she was able to—and indeed did—have her own vulnerabilities and feelings for others that helped to make her “human.”  As I made my way through, I realized that not only was I enjoying Katla’s story, but that I would be interested in following Katla further.

The characters were well drawn and believable.  Katla/Loki acted with precision.  If great research had not been done into making her actions believable, it certainly appeared that it had been!  Bram was a believable blind man and had the heart of a musician.  The Rastafarian was a simple hearted assistant; Coen a good hearted friend, Focke, a chain-smoking surprise.  The FBI, DEA and other government agents pursued their quarry while we saw glimpses into the politics behind the goings-on of law enforcement.  All that said, perhaps my favorite character was Katla’s macaw, Kourou.  The pet added realism to the story.  Able to bark like a dog, be angry when left for long periods, greet people with the simple query “happy?” and skate his way though Katla’s apartment, Kourou was a unique, fun and well developed character in his own right

Perhaps the most difficult part of REPROBATE was that the story was located in Amsterdam, where street names and the like are difficult for an American English-speaker to identify.  Even so, they added to the foreign feeling of the story and took nothing away from the enjoyment of it.  

REPROBATE was the kind of story I would expect a traditional publishing company to jump at.  Perhaps such will be in Halm’s future.


Find out more about REPROBATE here.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Patricia Reding

    Posted here are a number of Patricia's reviews of the works of others.

    Archives

    November 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013

    Picture
    Those reviews posted here that Patricia did for Readers Favorite are identified as such. No review of less than 4-stars for any Readers' Favorite review is posted here or elsewhere.

    Those works reviewed for NetGalley are identified accordingly.

    Categories

    All

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.