animatekenya

This book was outside of the normal genre that I usually read. The book was voted one of the best reads of the Boston Globe in 2007, but it was not one of my favorite reads. Based in southeast Asia during the late 1960's-1980's, the story follows a group of CIA operatives during and after the Vietnam War. The main character was constantly in the shadow of his uncle, a WWII hero who had joined the CIA to avoid going home to the US (and his wife). The uncle ensures tries to ensure that the nephew is pushed off to the side of action, in a safe place, but the nephew cannot see his uncle playing him this way. There were layers of complexity with side characters. Other readers may enjoy this book, but I found it dark and depressing. I'm still not sure what message the author was trying to convey. Maybe I'm not smart enough to figure it out. I know that I missed a lot of biblical references (as the title implies). This book was just not a good fit for me.

2022-11-01 11:30