Be Careful What You Wish For – Book Review

Author: Jeffrey Archer
Paperback:  400 pages

Publisher: Pan Macmillian India

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1447265092

ISBN-13: 9781447265092

About The Book:

 The fourth installment of The Clifton Chronicles, the book continues with Henry Clifton’s story and follows the Clifton and Barrington families into the sixties.

When Harry and Emma Clifton hear about their son Sebastian’s car accident, they rush to the hospital unsure whether it was their son who died or his best friend Bruno. Meanwhile, Don Pedro schemes to install Major Alex Fisher into Ross Buchanan’s seat as the chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, a seat that Emma desires following Buchanan’s forced retirement. The Barrington family firm is threatened by Pedro’s intentions just as the firm stands to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham. In London, Harry and Emma’s adopted daughter finds love in the Slade Academy of Art. However all delight at the news of the wedding vanishes when an old friend, Lady Virgina Fenwick, appears. Events take a turn when a hitherto unknown Yorkshireman, Cedric Hardcastle, takes a place in the board of Barrington’s firm, changing the lives of both families.

About The Author:

Jeffrey Archer is an English author and former politician. He is a best-selling suspense writer. His books have sold at least 250 million copies worldwide. A prolific writer, he is known for: Kane and Abel, A Twist in the Tale, Shall We Tell The President?, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and And Thereby Hangs a Tale. 

My Take:

The book starts with the story exactly where it had left the readers biting their nails in tension what would happen next. Continuing with his usual expertise to deal with the events for past, present and future, the author had once again captivated the reader’s mind. The twists and turns made the book unputdownable. It’s had to resist to not finish it up in one go. If Life intervenes and you do put it down the story and its characters will stay in your mind until you pick it up again. Well it happened atleast for me. The characters are as usual wonderfully portrayed with their own goodness and flaws. You won’t find anything out of place. Everything fits in completely well.

That being said, it is not for no reason that Archer is one of the bestselling authors in the world. Once the reader gets caught up in the twists and turns of the story, there is no putting the book down. Then you reach the last pages and find that Archer has cleverly ended the book on a cliffhanger, ensuring his readers will be impatiently waiting for more.

My Rating:

4.5/5

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