A Novel of Adventure (Courtney Family Novels) - The Tiger's Prey

It seems as though I''ve been reading Wilbur Smith forever. Some of his books are good and some are great - this is one of the latter. This is old fashioned story telling of the rip roaring, sometimes a little out there kind. Just let go and enjoy the tale of the Courteney family, this time moving from England to Capetown to best of all, a ship wreck in the Indian Ocean. There's a hunt for a sword, there's romance, there's fighting, there's all sorts of things that will keep you reading past where you might have otherwise put the book down. Tom Courteney is a great character. Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC. Recommend this to Smith fans as well as to those who have yet to discover him and are looking for a good absorbing book. This would be perfect for travel.

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Another adventure I had trouble putting down! Typical for Wilbur Smith. There is only one animal tiger, but at least 5 human tigers in this story. I hope this is not the last we hear of the Courtney family now that Tom thinks it is time to buy a home.

If some of the raw sex scenes and gruesome torture and gore had been removed, this would have been a decent young adult book.
The writing seemed directed at that genre.....stilted, declarative, simplistic predictable....shallow cliches adapted from daytime soaps.
Plot, history, adventure, story....OK
Virtually all characters showed cliched emotions, needed more depth and creativity.....many misprints.....disappointing!

Blah. Non stop gore, horrendous tortures, ..evil evil men and good hearted, submissive but oh so strong women. Typical Wilbur Smith but without any of the charm of most of his prior books. Annoying, rather repulsive, boring and predictable.