Uncaged by Paul McKellips
Review written by RJ Palmer
for Free Book Reviews and posted here with their permission.
I have to say honestly that I truly enjoyed this story and would've finished it far more quickly if I weren't a mother during summer vacation because I found it quite easy to become completely involved in the storyline, and I can appreciate that. Uncaged is a fictional blending of medical type thriller and "what if" scenario that successfully turns "black ops" or "classified" into something evocative and exciting. Well done, Mr. McKellips, you have my vote for excellent storytelling.
The beginning sent the reader bouncing all over the continental forty-eight states and made me feel kind of dizzy from time to time just trying to keep track of where the story was taking place at that particular point in time but calmed down fairly quickly and tended to stay in one spot consecutively afterwards. I was kind of happy there was a glossary at the end otherwise I might've gotten completely put off with all the acronyms because it seems like the government has an acronym for everything and I thought most of them were referenced in the story. I also felt like laughing at several points because the by-play between characters, especially military is hilarious and Mr. McKellips did a remarkably good job of illustrating the working relationship between career military personnel.
While some of the aspects of the ending were kind of typecast for lack of a better description because they could've been guessed from the first third of the story, there were other aspects that I genuinely didn't see coming and I love to be surprised. Granted, I also thought the ending could've been more detailed because it was almost as if Mr. McKellips got to a certain point in a rather interesting storyline and then got cautious and decided to tie up a few of the loose ends and stop before the story got too in-depth which left me slightly disappointed. I wanted to read more.
All in all, I'd have to give Uncaged four stars because the story is interesting and believable and ties together nicely even though the ending seems kind of quick and I'd highly recommend it for anyone who loves to curl up with a Tom Clancy type political/medical thriller without all the exhaustive detail.
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for Free Book Reviews and posted here with their permission.I have to say honestly that I truly enjoyed this story and would've finished it far more quickly if I weren't a mother during summer vacation because I found it quite easy to become completely involved in the storyline, and I can appreciate that. Uncaged is a fictional blending of medical type thriller and "what if" scenario that successfully turns "black ops" or "classified" into something evocative and exciting. Well done, Mr. McKellips, you have my vote for excellent storytelling.
The beginning sent the reader bouncing all over the continental forty-eight states and made me feel kind of dizzy from time to time just trying to keep track of where the story was taking place at that particular point in time but calmed down fairly quickly and tended to stay in one spot consecutively afterwards. I was kind of happy there was a glossary at the end otherwise I might've gotten completely put off with all the acronyms because it seems like the government has an acronym for everything and I thought most of them were referenced in the story. I also felt like laughing at several points because the by-play between characters, especially military is hilarious and Mr. McKellips did a remarkably good job of illustrating the working relationship between career military personnel.
While some of the aspects of the ending were kind of typecast for lack of a better description because they could've been guessed from the first third of the story, there were other aspects that I genuinely didn't see coming and I love to be surprised. Granted, I also thought the ending could've been more detailed because it was almost as if Mr. McKellips got to a certain point in a rather interesting storyline and then got cautious and decided to tie up a few of the loose ends and stop before the story got too in-depth which left me slightly disappointed. I wanted to read more.
All in all, I'd have to give Uncaged four stars because the story is interesting and believable and ties together nicely even though the ending seems kind of quick and I'd highly recommend it for anyone who loves to curl up with a Tom Clancy type political/medical thriller without all the exhaustive detail.
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"Taking away from the story . . ." (hopeofglory.typepad.com)
H.A.W.X. 2 Guns For The Fall, Tom Clancy Pleased [Ubisoft] (kotaku.com)
Egypt's Christians fear 'uncaged' Salafists (catholicherald.co.uk)
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