Book Review #54: "The Girl in Green"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "The Girl in Green," by Derek B. Miller. This book was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book is hot off the press as it is just published today January 3, 2017. For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book is about two men who meet by chance over in Iraq in Desert Storm. Arwood Hobbes is a young military man standing guard at Checkpoint Zulu, and Thomas Benton a reporter chasing a story. They both come forth and are involved in witnessing a horrible tragedy of an anonymous young Iraqi woman being killed in front of both men. It is how this one tragic event shaped both of these men's future in trying to make amends for the past. 

     Overall I rated this book three stars out of five. The author did a great job in showcasing Iraq, ISIL and the events that have taken place there. He told this story in a very honest and unapologetic manner. Thus he was able to show the reader a very realistic description of how things work in the Middle East. I did like the way he presented how non-profit organizations work and the issues they face while trying to promote peace in the Middle East. The reason why I gave this book three stars was because of how disjointed this book felt in reading it. There were too many story lines coming into play. Some of them I felt it was unnecessary to add. And because of the amount of story lines that came into play it took away from the book instead of adding to it. The characters were a bit unlikable and most of the time I can deal with unlikable characters. As in real life you are always going to have to deal with unlikable people.  But taking in consideration the other issues of this book with the unlikable characters I found myself trying to race to finishing this book so I could read the next book. I do think this book had great potential of being an amazing book. I mean there are some books that just do not have potential at all but this book was not one of those. 

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Derek B. Miller, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill