{"id":294,"date":"2017-02-08T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2017-09-10T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:04:36","slug":"book-the-rook-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/08\/book-the-rook-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Rook (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/strong>The Rook<\/u><\/strong>
\nYear: 2012
\nAuthor: Daniel O\u2019Malley
\nLength: 1,066 minutes \/ 17.77 hours<\/p>\n

One of the nice things about listening to audiobooks from my library (via the Overdrive app), is that I can pick up a book and listen to it without really knowing what it\u2019s about other than a title and a cover. In this way, I often have no preconceived notions about the book other than first impressions. At this point, all I\u2019m giving up to \u201cread\u201d the book is the time it takes me to listen to it, and I have plenty of that driving to and from work every day.<\/p>\n

Since I had no idea what this book was really about, I was surprised at how humorous it was. If I were to combine a few, better-known series together, I\u2019d say this is X-Men<\/a><\/em> mixed with James Bond<\/a><\/em>, with just a dash of Jason Bourne<\/a><\/em> all blended together in Monty Python\u2019s Flying Circus<\/em>. An odd combination, I know. But somehow, it works here. The humor is markedly British, but the characters and their powers are supernatural, to say the least. Since this was merely the first in a developing series, I can\u2019t wait to get to book #2: Stiletto<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

All this being said, there were a few structural choices to this book that I often found confusing, which may just be part of listening to it in audiobook form instead of reading it. First off, the decision to have the main character afflicted with amnesia was an interesting way to essentially give the audience what the character already would have known but had conveniently forgotten. Secondly, because the letters from her former self were used as backstory, these \u201cflashbacks\u201d were often confusing because it was easy to lose track of which Mfwany Thomas (glad I had the audiobook for the pronunciation of this name) was \u201cspeaking\u201d at the moment.<\/p>\n

An interesting premise with plenty of potential in future iterations, I give The Rook<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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