A review by sneakyawe
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry
3.0
First of all, I learned an incredible amount from this book. Yes, much of it is speculation and quite a bit is just plain fiction, but I honestly had no idea about Jamaicas history or how insanely wide spread Jewish persecution was.
Besides the incredibly interesting history lessons I found that this book didn't really live up to my hype. It had an awesome plot, but so much extra stuff seemed thrown in that it was rather distracting. It also didn't help much that I was horribly unimpressed with both Tom and Alle, and found everything they did to be both boring and aggravating. But I was a total fan of Béne! Of course, that may have to do with his character being a gateway to Jamaican history, but I still enjoyed him.
It seemed like everything about Columbus was just there to move the plot along, while the main focus was on the Tainos, Maroons, and Jewish history. (Which I liked, but the title made me think this would be much more about Columbus...)
Besides the incredibly interesting history lessons I found that this book didn't really live up to my hype. It had an awesome plot, but so much extra stuff seemed thrown in that it was rather distracting. It also didn't help much that I was horribly unimpressed with both Tom and Alle, and found everything they did to be both boring and aggravating. But I was a total fan of Béne! Of course, that may have to do with his character being a gateway to Jamaican history, but I still enjoyed him.
It seemed like everything about Columbus was just there to move the plot along, while the main focus was on the Tainos, Maroons, and Jewish history. (Which I liked, but the title made me think this would be much more about Columbus...)