The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles, #2) in Only Time Will Tell Read-a-Long!

Apr 18, 2014 Pat rated it really liked it

Shelves: challenge, r2-ss

The Sins of the Father is the second book in the Clifton Chronicles, and just like the first book in the series, it's a page-turner with lots of twists in the plot. The book explores the lives and families of Harry Clifton and his good friend Giles Barrington. The second book deals with the time period of WWII primarily from the British stand-point and gives the reader a greater understanding of the traditions, politics and everyday life of a British citizen during this time period. This second ...more

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Apr 05, 2014 Linda Hawk rated it liked it

Although Archer's writing is still exciting, the 2nd book in the series is not up to par with the first one. Still a decent read, just not a great one.

We get to see the characters grow up, but they never really get to grow on you. I was disappointed in the lack of the characters to keep consistent in their personalities. Sometimes the ones who had shown great intelligence and street smarts suddenly did something dumb and completely out of context with who we were lead to believe they were.

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Mar 01, 2014 Chinmay Bajikar rated it liked it

Shelves: adult-fiction, 2014-reading-challenge

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Apr 10, 2014 Kelly rated it really liked it

Almost as good as the first book in the Clifton Chronicles but not quite. I have had to reserve the next ones at the library and have rushed down there already. I think I'll be reading much more Jeffrey Archer in the future... ...more

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