Review of 'Something Like Treason' on 'Goodreads'
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Disclosure: I got this book for free from BookSirens (thanks to the author [a:William Sonn|109293|William Sonn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1638301481p2/109293.jpg]). They hope I would give a review but it isn't required and I have to be honest if I do give one.
Something Like Treason starts out how you least expect it, the foreword actually starts six years later. You would think that it would give spoilers but I can see why the author chose to do this, it helps to give a good amount of context to the story ahead.
In the beginning, they mention a fair amount of camps, but the author doesn't exactly say where. If you are a reader from USA you can figure out where they are located fairly clearly, but if you are an international reader then it's hard. The author may want to mention that this all happened in the United States.
When I started reading I …
Disclosure: I got this book for free from BookSirens (thanks to the author [a:William Sonn|109293|William Sonn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1638301481p2/109293.jpg]). They hope I would give a review but it isn't required and I have to be honest if I do give one.
Something Like Treason starts out how you least expect it, the foreword actually starts six years later. You would think that it would give spoilers but I can see why the author chose to do this, it helps to give a good amount of context to the story ahead.
In the beginning, they mention a fair amount of camps, but the author doesn't exactly say where. If you are a reader from USA you can figure out where they are located fairly clearly, but if you are an international reader then it's hard. The author may want to mention that this all happened in the United States.
When I started reading I wasn't sure if this story was actually true or not (I didn't look at the genre). I said it would be a damn good story if it wasn't true, and a terrible story if it was true. Upon searching the main character's name (Dale Maple) you can clearly read that this book is 100% true, and even includes references. If you don't wish to spoil the book for you then don't search any of the character's names since they are all true names.
It was interesting to read how much has changed between the war and today. Including addresses, and phone numbers.
The book really dives into detail, not just in each person but also in the camps, where they are located and what's around them. If you are a visual reader then it helps you to visually see the story more.
I do appreciate that any time money was mentioned, the author included how much that would be at the time of writing. The author didn't mention what year "at this writing" was, but I still think it allowed someone to understand how much or little something was.
The author does include a few smaller stories in the book which talk about certain people, some of these stories could have been shorten, either to add more to the time frame after the war, or to shorten the length of the book.
While I was reading, there was a number of things that I didn't see coming since I didn't know the history of Dale Maple. These were some very good surprises and I can't imagine how Dale Maple felt when they happened.
The book ends (before the afterword) in a way that either wraps up the book well, or leaves unanswered questions. I feel the author ended the book well and if I was curious about more on each person then I could search for them online.
Overall, an interesting book and something that I didn't know happened until reading.