The Sins
of the Father is part of
the Harry Clifton Chronicles. I read the second story first. It really must be read in chronological
order, as Jeffrey Archer does not summarize the first book, Only Time Will Tell. I was handicapped by not knowing what occurred as well as who
was whom.
I started the
third book, but am contemplating continuing, as the writing in the second book
was full of faults. The
coincidences were preposterous. The characters are one-dimensional and clichéd. (I could care less if Harry was Hugo’s son.)
Predictably Archer depicts
the good people as brave, resourceful and courageous whereas the bad ones are
class-conscious, vile, inept, arrogant jerks. The separate
stories were disjointed. Overall
the story was boring.
Archer has proclaimed he will create "at least" five books in this series. I can’t imagine
there will be many readers left by the fifth; especially since I am unconvinced
I should brave the third in the chronicles.
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