The Seventeen Commandments of Jimmy September
By S.R. Wilsher
Publisher: S.R.
Wilsher
Published: Dec. 10,
2013
ASIN: B00H8NR91A
Amazon Synopsis:
Warlord, ‘General’ Jimmy September believes he is a great
soldier and teacher, destined to lead his people to a better future. In order
to fund an upcoming war, he kidnaps five multi-national aid workers from a
refugee camp in West Africa.
When the governments of the nationals involved refuse to pay a ransom, Mark Samuel, finance director and father to one of the hostages, misappropriates three million sterling of company funds to secure his son’s release.
As he battles his way through a hostile environment and unhelpful officialdom, struggling to hold on to the
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My Thoughts:
A self-proclaimed great leader, Jimmy September kidnaps 5
workers from a refugee camp in order to raise funds through ransom in this
suspenseful novel, The Seventeen Commandments of Jimmy September. Mark Samuel, the father of one of the
victims, steals his company’s funds to rescue his son when the governments of
the victims refuse to pay a ransom.
Mark Samuels venture into Africa starts out as a mission to
rescue his son, but become something more as his journey teaches him about
himself and his son and the other hostages. This book is an eye-opening look into a world
filled with danger at every turn. A world in which children carry guns. A world
where life is not highly valued. While this book is fiction, places like this
do exist.
I found the pacing in The
Seventeen Commandments to be uneven. At times it was fast-paced and
captivating, and other times it was much slower-paced and less intriguing.
Sometimes it felt like the book was too long. I did think that there were a few
good twists to the plot and I applaud the protagonist for the good choices that
he made. It’s just too bad he had to carry out the bad choices to achieve the
good ones.
This novel was fairly clean in romantic content. There were
a couple of bedroom scenes but no graphic descriptions. The language was also
pretty clean when it came to profanity.
Overall I would say that I enjoyed this novel. I gave it 3
stars out of 5.
Thank you to the author for providing a copy of the book in
exchange for a fair and honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All
thoughts are my own.
About the Author:
Despite what the section title might lead you to expect,
think of this as more of an anti-biography, because I’m of the firm belief that
the writer should remain anonymous.
In the same way that actors should be kept in a cupboard and
only brought out when working, I think authors should be like the character
actors whose work we recognise but whose name always eludes.
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