Book Review: The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

In the Clifton Chronicles The Sins of the Father comes as a second book after Only Time Will Tell. The novel is based around the central character Harry Clifton. Harry joins the navy but when his ship sinks down he takes up a new identity of Tom Bradshaw. Well, he is imprisoned on the charges of Tom Bradshaw’s desertion. Back in England people have been informed about his death and burial in the sea.

However, one person, Emma – his girlfriend – doesn’t believe the news of his death. She begins her job of finding him; she knows that he is alive but lost in some other’s identity. After finding a letter in his writing at his mother’s home and ‘The Diary of a Convict’ her hopes turns into sheer optimism.

Not only Harry, there are other characters involved as well with much content and limelight. The best part of the story is that it doesn’t stagnant anywhere, it keeps rolling. After the sentence is over, Harry and his friend Patt join the army to fight the German enemies. Like the first book in the series, this too is a promising one and fast-paced read with tightly packed action.

Indeed Jeffrey Archer has many things going for himself. His polished language is just one aspect. The way he develops the characters, fleshes them, and puts them in the mettle of the situations seem absolutely possible and sound normal for a fun and adrenaline-pumped read.

Here, every character has something or other thing to do: they are full of motivation, be it evil or innocent. Archer brings out the twists and turns in the unexpected places and makes readers go crazy. Still nothing is exaggerated. Just a simple few lines tell the readers what they need to know of the story.

The impact of the twist takes them on superb ride? Humongous! Jaw-dropping even in their bluntness and simplicity, the bends in the road for the story are mesmerizing to say the least. At the end, readers might shout that it couldn't end like this! Not when so much is on the line!

A few of the characters were despicable, like Hugo! Well that is also needed to keep the momentum of action balanced.

The Sins of the Father is absolutely loved by readers and Archer fans, basically for one reason: how smoothly everything blends in. One page into the next! One year into the next. One generation into the next!

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