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Location: Greece

Member Since: Nov. 13, 2013

Effrosyni Moschoudi

Smashwords book reviews by Effrosyni Moschoudi

Pursuit on Feb. 28, 2014

Kyle and Sammy are two bank robbers that roam the USA with the FBI on their tail. Now, I must admit that “Pursuit” is the first book of this genre that I have read. I will be honest here – FBI and robber stories are not my cup of tea so I will try to be fair regardless of my reading preferences. Matt Kruze has created a very realistic “cat and mouse” story and at that, by adding an obscure onlooker into the mix – just to heighten the suspense. Although I didn’t feel particularly attached to Sammy, I found Kyle endearing and easy to relate to. I specifically enjoyed the part where the robbers stayed with Kyle’s mother. Her character was incredibly lifelike. I could almost see her and the expressions on her face and chuckled at her ballsy comebacks to the FBI agents! Matt Kruze follows his robbers as if filming them with a video camera and letting you see the entire footage. He follows them everywhere – not just when they are robbing banks or driving their car or eating out but even when they are showering or lying in bed. It feels a little claustrophobic at times to be so much in their heads. On the upside, this increases the illusion of reality and by the end of the book it feels like you have followed them up and down the USA, riding in their car with them all the way. Other than believable characters, there are also excellent descriptions of the locales and I found the references to the weather particularly amazing – Matt Kruze has a way with words! The use of language is this author’s strong point but I feel the flow in the story is lacking in the sense that there were far too many mundane interludes in the character’s daily lives that the novel could have done without. This is the only reason why I am giving this book a rating of four stars instead of five. Other than that, even though as I said I don’t normally go for this genre, I could totally appreciate this solid story where the use of language and character building are indeed superb.