Hello Bookworms!
It’s
time for a new review. This book is full of suspense a twisting tale of truth
and lies, family secrets and neighborhood scandals. It is The Flight of the
Falcon by Daphne Du Maurier.
Summary:
Armino Fabbio is a courier with the Sunshine Tours out of Genoa, Italy. His life’s work consists of betting his driver on how long it will take to get from one city to another and showing gawking tourists all the beauty Italy has to offer. He enjoys his job but he’s restless. Then the murder occurs. What’s worse is Armino is almost sure it’s his fault. Worse than that, he is almost sure he knew the woman. Armino is the only member of his family left (after his father died in a prison camp, his brother was shot down in the war, and his mother passed away of illness) but he must go back to his old hometown of Ruffano to hopefully find some of the people who lived there when he was a boy and find out about this woman who was murdered. What Armino will find when he reaches Ruffano will be more than he believed could even be possible.
Armino Fabbio is a courier with the Sunshine Tours out of Genoa, Italy. His life’s work consists of betting his driver on how long it will take to get from one city to another and showing gawking tourists all the beauty Italy has to offer. He enjoys his job but he’s restless. Then the murder occurs. What’s worse is Armino is almost sure it’s his fault. Worse than that, he is almost sure he knew the woman. Armino is the only member of his family left (after his father died in a prison camp, his brother was shot down in the war, and his mother passed away of illness) but he must go back to his old hometown of Ruffano to hopefully find some of the people who lived there when he was a boy and find out about this woman who was murdered. What Armino will find when he reaches Ruffano will be more than he believed could even be possible.
Review:
Okay
readers, I really enjoyed the overall story. If you are a Daphne Du Maurier
fan, you will definitely want to make sure that you read this book. The twists
and turns are shocking and the fine line between genius and insanity is blurred
beyond recognition. However, there are a few things that you’ll want to know
before you start reading.
First,
there is the little matter of confusion. You will have to pay attention to what
is happening in the book because from time to time it gets a little confusing.
There were times that I really wasn’t sure how certain details fit or where we
were going with what I was reading.
Second,
there are the parts that are inappropriate to younger readers. There are places
throughout the book where sex is the topic of focus. There is a lot of
conversation about an affair between two of the characters. Also, the character
Carla Raspa (a major player throughout the book) has several partners including
several attempts to seduce the main hero, Armino Fabbio. These topics are not
suitable for younger readers and parents should exercise caution when deciding
whether to let their child read this book.
Third
and finally, is the issue with religion. The characters in this book have
hostility towards God and express it many times in the book. At one point one
character decides that God does not exist. Mature readers will be able to deal
with it but I do not recommend it for less mature readers (it is at this point
that I must say that maturity is not tied to age so parents please use
discretion when allowing children tweens and teens to read this book or when
recommending it to your adult friends and family).
I
recommend this book for mature, adult fans of Daphne Du Maurier. I do not
recommend this book for immature adults, or young people because of the
consistent themes of hostility towards God and sex.
