Review: The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow just wow. The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer simply amazing. This book to me on a real adventure, I mean edge of the seat type of ride. I could not put it down and it's a big book. Meltzer did his research, I learned a lot about history. You know there were lots of bits of nuggets of knowledge that had me researching magicians, past wars, things of that nature.

I do think a military dictionary or glossary would have been nice to have just as an add-on to the back of the book. If you are non-military there are few phrases and words that may trip you up during the reading (but nothing too big that will leave you completely lost).

Zig is my absolute favorite character, his commitment to a cause, a person, doing what is right is commendable. I did not solve the who done it question of this big, I was completely off, but that is what really made this book good in my opinion. Meltzer keeps the reader on his/her toes and second guessing. The book does toggle between the present and past, but it is not confusing. Meltzer did it in a way that it makes sense and it helps to build Nola's character.

There is a lot of kicking butt and taking names so to speak in the novel, but what you can't lose sight as is the small nuances, that's what moves the story a long. This was my first Brad Meltzer novel and if the rest of his work is done like this one I will be reading a lot more of it.

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