Review of The Broken Hallelujah

[Ebele Ekelobi]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Broken Hallelujah" by Wendy H. Adair.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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The Broken Hallelujah by Wendy H. Adair tells the story of a veteran soldier, Martin. He was declared MIA (missing in action), and after fifty years, his granddaughter, Robin, decided to investigate his case and find out why he was never found. In the camp, Martin was always known as an upright person, which was why he dropped out of OCS. He felt there were a lot of lies going around, and he didn’t want to be caught in the web of lies. He was redeployed as a private, and it turned out that his lieutenant there didn’t like him because he felt Martin was a coward for dropping out of the OCS. Martin’s granddaughter and his wife were back to living together, and they received a box full of his journals and properties fifty years after he was declared MIA. For some reason, Robin connected with her grandfather, whom she had never met, and began to ask questions that she felt would bring her closer to finding him. Her grandmother was having issues with her memory at the time, but she supported her in the best way she could. Robin met some people who were willing to help her out in whatever capacity they could, and that helped her to come to the conclusion of the case. What went wrong with Martins that led to his disappearance? How did Robin conclude the case? Find out in the pages of Wendy H. Adair’s The Broken Hallelujah.

The first thing I loved about this book was the author’s ability to merge past and present events without getting them confused in any way. Secondly, I loved that the story was told in chronological order; events were recorded in the order they happened. For someone well-versed in the way the military works, the author told this story in an outstanding fashion, and I loved that. Greg’s character will give the reader mixed emotions; he is so annoying that you will hate him, but at the same time, you will like to read about him. I found an error in the book, but it was clearly professionally edited.

I would have preferred if there were not as many vulgar words as I found in this book. Again, some parts of the book that involved the military were a bit too technical. It needed more explanation to help people who have no prior knowledge of how the military works understand the story better. Apart from the aforestated, I have no other reservations about this book.

Notwithstanding the negative points, I still give The Broken Hallelujah by Wendy H. Adair a five out of five stars rating. The author did a great job of bringing the characters to life. They felt real and were quite relatable, and I loved that I could connect with some of them. The positives to this story greatly outweigh the negatives; that's why I didn't deduct a star from it.

I recommend this book to young adults and people of the older generation who are working through a challenge. This book will give them hope that anything is possible. Lovers of historical fiction should also read this story; they will enjoy every bit of it.

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The Broken Hallelujah
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[Husky03]

Thank you so much for your insightful review! I always love it when an author makes a character who has a lot of depth and isn't outright good or bad, it definitely makes the book all the more interesting to read. Not to mention it is also Historical Fiction! Just the book I'm looking for!