A review by rabisha
Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
3.25
LOVED reading from a paperback!
As for the actual book, I really enjoyed the characters and loved the relationship between them. They just were written so well and I loved their personalities. The main character included, she was so entertaining and I absolutely loved reading about her. The actual plot of the book kinda let me down a bit. I was expecting something absolutely crazy for two reasons; the first one being that David Baldacci is known for being such an amazing thriller/mystery writer and this was my first book of his, and second was because the build up was really intense. The dead mule and the suspense behind it and the whole 'whodunnnit' aspect really had me guessing and trying to figure out what happened but then the whole government got involved, China, Russia, and Korea got involved and I slowly lost interest. I'm really interest in all this but I just felt like the whole government aspect was forced and I just didn't really enjoy it all that much. I will say tho, it felt A LOT like the book I read from Dan Brown called Deception Point. Also, this is a 4 book series and the last chapter really did leave a bit of a 'oh' feeling so I am excited to pick it up but I'm not really like super looking forward to it, and so it might not be my next read for a bit while I read some other books on my tbr! But yeah, I really did like reading a paperback book for once, it was a really fun experience!!
As for the actual book, I really enjoyed the characters and loved the relationship between them. They just were written so well and I loved their personalities. The main character included, she was so entertaining and I absolutely loved reading about her. The actual plot of the book kinda let me down a bit. I was expecting something absolutely crazy for two reasons; the first one being that David Baldacci is known for being such an amazing thriller/mystery writer and this was my first book of his, and second was because the build up was really intense. The dead mule and the suspense behind it and the whole 'whodunnnit' aspect really had me guessing and trying to figure out what happened but then the whole government got involved, China, Russia, and Korea got involved and I slowly lost interest. I'm really interest in all this but I just felt like the whole government aspect was forced and I just didn't really enjoy it all that much. I will say tho, it felt A LOT like the book I read from Dan Brown called Deception Point. Also, this is a 4 book series and the last chapter really did leave a bit of a 'oh' feeling so I am excited to pick it up but I'm not really like super looking forward to it, and so it might not be my next read for a bit while I read some other books on my tbr! But yeah, I really did like reading a paperback book for once, it was a really fun experience!!