Milo Moon - Book Review

Something for everyone
Review by Tracytid 

This review is from: Milo Moon (Paperback)

Milo Moon has something for everyone. There's a conspiracy theory, suspense, political intrigue, a little bit of romance and above all some really good story telling. The Swiss government are faced with a dilemma when a police officer unearths a shocking secret upon meeting Milo Moon and Mary Seaton.

Derek Haines carries you through the story with ease and has a great knack of building suspense, I found it quite hard to put the book down at times. He writes in a way that makes you care about what happens to his characters, even the not so nice ones and he describes Milo and Mary's child-like wonder at their new world with humour and a touch of sadness.

There are touches of George Orwell and Iain Banks in Derek Haines' writing and at times this book reminded me of films such as Logan's Run and more recently, The Island. A thoroughly recommended read.

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4th December 2010




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Loss, Limbo, Life and Love - Book Review

Loss, Limbo, Life and Love (Paperback)

Reviewed by Cheri 

I read this book twice since receiving it on Nov 28th. Four reasons: a.) The author is one of my favorite people on Twitter b.) I do love biographies and autobiographies c.) I love poetry. Even poetry that sometimes reads like it could be set to music...in this case, the Blues. d.) I read a teaser sample that made me tear up which I rarely do, so I had to have it. 

The gist of this book actually can be described as many novels can be described: boy gets girl, boy marries girl, boy loses girl, boy kind of goes out of his head, but recovers to find happiness again. The thing that makes my eyes tear, it's not a novel.