A review by katievgood
Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson

3.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Ben’s story; however, I found myself cringing and skipping my way through the book each time the author switched to present day with Liam and Catherine. Their characters were so annoying and lacked depth in my opinion. I mean, the fact that Catherine could barely LISTEN to Ben’s story and had to keep stopping to take breaks because she didn’t have the “strength of character” to bear it?! Seriously? You are sitting in your cushy office listening to the story of this man’s LIFE and you can’t bear it? That just completely turned me off to her as a character. The book would have been much more enjoyable if the author would have spent less time on Catherine’s journey.