Thirty-eighth challenge finish of the year.
You may remember that I found this at our library's used book section awhile back. I don't think the author would necessarily consider himself a celebrity, but he is very well known for an act of heroism one tragic day in Texas, and one of the facts that I learned about in the book is that he and his wife were portrayed in a movie about the event, so I think that counts as enough of a celebrity to use for this prompt (even though he thought the movie was so bad that he and his wife sued over the inaccuracy and the racially stereotyped portrayal of his wife in the movie).
I really enjoyed reading this one! I knew parts of it from talking to the author. We met a couple of times years ago and talked about spending time in a common location...him working in the location on a case, and me living nearby...so it was really interesting reading more about his work there. And I was impressed by how well written it was (unlike my crazy run-on sentences in this post); as I understand it, he did the writing himself. It was very well organized and presented, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Thirty-ninth challenge finish of the year.
This one has been on my Kindle since 2014. The first half was good. The second half I kept rolling my eyes, because these characters never seemed to learn from their experiences! Then the ending was infuriating. The main character--The Flyer--was in the middle of an air battle, and it ended. I'm giving a HUGE spoiler here, but I do NOT recommend anyone read this book, so I just don't care. He was almost in range of his enemy target--he gripped his trigger--and that is where the damn thing ended!!! Was he beamed up by aliens? Geesh! Then it went to an epilogue where he was just missing, and a couple of othe characters were discussing him. It did have a slight sense of closing at the end of the epilogue, but what a CHEAT!
I gave it 2½ stars because I liked the first half, but boy was the second half lame, and I hated the ending. I will NOT be reading the sequel.
I'm about halfway through my current book, which has also been on my Kindle for years.
