As usual, some of my posts will be in English and some in Italian, according to the content; also, I shall continue, every now and again, to post about art exhibitions, concerts I might have particularly enjoyed or any extemporaneous topic that may pop into my mind and which I feel like sharing.
Just to start with the right foot, I will share with you the review I wrote for a book I recently read.
Title: Green Fever
Author: JC Amezquita
Mark
Cervantes is a good natured, young family man who falls victim to a false
accusation of violence during a pacific environmental protest interrupted by
the arrival of anarchic groups. Meanwhile, the boss of the biotech firm for
which he works, a young, vane and rather careless guy, gets involved with a
shady underground organization who has promised him new business and whose
actions he naively finds exciting and brave. His lack of judgment will have
heavy consequences for many members of the company.
I got very much into the story and was reading nonstop. Great character
description and the right amount of suspense, supported by a well chosen pace,
make of this a very pleasant fiction book. There are some violent scenes, but
always described avoiding useless splatter details. It also makes you think how
easy it could be for a perfectly normal, easy going and honest citizen, to get
caught into a vicious net, from which it can be very hard to escape unscathed,
physically or morally. A very pertinent topic, given our present day situation.
