BORING
I don't mean to disrespect anybody out there who liked this book but really? From pages 40-153 were just about the people in his life and we never hear anything else about the Iran-Contra or the Nicaraguan incident. So pretty much there is no closing the the book. He continually talks about his friends and family and I'm sitting here thinking to myself what the heck. Honestly when the book ended talking about this guy Norman Starr and how he pretty much had no relation to the main plot, I wanted to throw my book out the window because of the waste of time it was. I would have been nice with some sort of conclusion but all there was was a United States Constitution. I guess they put it there because they had no real ending. The Constitution didn't have anything to with the plot of the book at that time and the ending was pretty abrupt. I was really suprised when I realized that the book was so bad because the author James A. Michener is a world renoune author of novels and such. When I read some things online there was stuff about how the book was a great novel and really gave depth the the United States cover-ups, but it didn't. Overall, I hate to say this but, NOBODY READ THIS BOOK. I may seem like I am being really negative, but you would understand if you had read this.
Nick, your blog has refreshing honesty and opinion. In your first entry or two this book seemed pretty interesting, not action-packed but interesting nonetheless. As I continued reading your blog, however, it seemed not to progress very much, and I became much less inclined to read it. This post and the last have really made this book sound boring. At least your book was shorter, though. I would really feel bad if the book was 400 pages and this boring for you. I know you don't want me to read it, but I almost want to see how our opinions of the book would differ. Do you think more background information about Iran-Contra would make the book better? I've really enjoyed reading this blog. It's been a fun ride.
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