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The Eye of God

a Sigma Force Novel
Robert9410
Dec 12, 2013Robert9410 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Relative to Rollins books, this book was "okay." I don't disagree with other commentators that there's a lot going on. For me at least there was TOO MUCH going on and the flow of the story narrative went awkwardly forward - definitely not as smoothly as some of Rollins' other writings. The best analogy I can make in my critique is that of a dinner. One can have a HUGE dinner plate with all kinds of foods - though all the morsels are pretty uninteresting and perhaps even bland. Alternatively, one can have a SMALL dinner with scrumptious and tasty pieces to digest and enjoy. This book is definitely the former metaphorically speaking. Rollins seems to think a great volume of activity in a story makes for a great book. He misses the point that description and suspense buildup (among other qualitative things) trumps a long series of character interactions and activity. There was also too much implausibility and "weak links" of explanation which made the story less enjoyable. Finally whereas Rollins typically uses "true" science to a large extent in his books within novel plots, in this book he breaks that tradition by strongly stretching true science (virtually transforming much into science fiction). That too was disappointing.