The Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Sanctuary
Book Review: Great Buy!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book came in perfect condition... I really like the was Raymond Khoury writes... Im not a book addict but i do enjoy reading occasionally and i like the way this novel is presented.. Its fast paced, action packed and it kept me hooked until the very end. Great book.Book Review: More real then most readers could imagine.
Summary: 5 Stars
I first want to say to the other readers who said it's dull and over the top and not believable that it is very real. I know this because I am a Canadian living in Lebanon. My house is on the borders between christians and muslims and I was here during the 2006 war and all the assasinations. Alot of writing in the book is so real for me because I see and hear about awful things happening here that you wouldn't believe. When he rights about the terrorists who kidnap Evelyn, it is so true that there are people like that out here in the middle east. I think people have to have more of an imagination to read this book and know that Raymond is Lebanese and lived here during the civil war and knows alot about what goes down here. I was surprised that people didn't like it.
I think only people who have lived in the middle east could understand this book. Thumbs Up from me.
Book Review: No where near as good as his first book.
Summary: 2 Stars
I enjoyed Mr. Khoury first novel. However, this one missed all around. Quick start, then it slows down way to much. Mt. Khoury spends to much time doing flashbacks, not moving the characters forward and character twist for shock value. This book seems to have been written more as a screen play than a novel. Mr. Khoury did not spend much time trying to endear us to the characters. Less than half way through the book I started to care less for the characters than I did in just finishing the book. A far departure from his first book in character development and story telling, perhaps his next book will be better.Book Review: Not the best of the Genre
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is an over-glorified search for the Fountain of Youth. More specifically, this book is a cat-and-mouse chase to find a mysterious book revealing secrets to obtain eternal youth. However, it took me a good two-thirds of the book to really get into the premise. The plot is very formulaic, containing the redundant flashbacks to 18th Century Europe, and a modern day mystery connected to these events. While the story has potential, it is Khoury's writing that lacks finesse. He could have easily written the same book in half the pages. He often reiterates the same thoughts paragraph after paragraph. And one of the most annoying tendencies he has is to interrupt sentences - much like I'm doing here - with other ideas or explanations. It seems like he underestimates his reader by pointing out the obvious, yet his superfluous use of vocabulary contradicts the style. And to add insult to injury, the conclusion was somewhat anti-climactic. I didn't get as much out of this book as I do from others of similar genre. But regardless, Khoury's prior success will help sell this book.Book Review: OK, but not as good as
Summary: 3 Stars
Not as good as his first. Finishes well, but not on the same level. Feels like he is pressing on this one.