Thursday, January 5, 2012

quick read, sequel to The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews

I received this free book from Booksneeze, in exchange for my review. I am not being influenced by this site or any other party, this is my opinion. I enjoyed andy’s previous book, the Traveler’s Gift, and found that this book makes more sense if you’ve read the one before it, however, for those who have not, it would not be difficult to stay with the storyline, as I was able to, even though it had been about a year since reading the latter. I read this book within a couple of nights; it is easy to read and follow. I kept turning the pages and not wanting to put it down. The plot brings together historical figures to a ‘summit’, with the purpose of pulling their knowledge and backgrounds together to solve one question posed them by the angel Gabriel. They have only a limited time to come up with the answer. I’m not a history person, and can’t recall much of my American history, but Andy has such a way of weaving in history and the historical significance of the various characters in the story, that I didn’t feel that I had to be a history buff to stay up with the book. He has researched one character, who the history books have scarce information on, and who was a key player, and responsible for the ending of a major war. I did enjoy the book and look forward to my next Andy Andrews book.  If you ever have opportunity to see him in person, he is awesome, high energy, funny, and a great storyteller! He has such a talent for bringing history to life, and illustrating how a person’s life counts for their generation and future generations, (ie the Butterfly Effect/ the Boy Who Changed the World).

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