Sheldon Robert Stone

Somewhat of a 'Da Vinci Code' style mystery structure with alternating story lines running down a conspiracy theory mystery involving the licensing proceedure for architects.

This book has a good idea, but quickly gets bogged down in details that aren't really necessary for the story to work. I have a background in architecture, so a lot of the minutiae was interesting to me, but I am willing to bet that it will bore the devil out of others. With some better editing, this book would have a much better chance at grabbing a reader's attention.

For those fellow architecture geeks out there, you might want to give it a read.… (más)

I have just started reading this book and will revise this review when finished. As far as I can tell from what I could find on the internet, "Gatekeepers" is the first book by both of it's authors. As I could not find anything about Domar Books, I am guessing that this book was self-published.

I always want to tell others about new authors I come across, so I hoped for the best with this book. It was a hard book for me to get through, which I did by stopping at times and later coming back to. It finally started getting interesting around page 368, although I sure most readers would never make it that far. I felt the chapters on Rubin were mostly filler and 90% of what was in those chapters could be eliminated.

This book would probably only be enjoyed by those who could identify with Nathan.… (más)

I never follow the 50 page rule, I almost always try to read a book the whole way through. But I just couldn't get into this one.

I think the story has merit, and had I been able to get over my dislike for the writing style, maybe I could have finished it. But the way this book was written was just not for me. I think there was a bit too much detail and that the dialogue was a little dry.

I really wanted to like this one, but as the story starts out at a congressional hearing my mind wandered, much like Nathan's, the main character in the first chapter. I couldn't focus on what was going on, and I had to keep re-reading sections because I was a bit lost at times.

I do think I will try to pick this one up again in the future. I think there's a big secret being hidden and as Nathan tries to figure out why his project was halted, as well as why it seems he maybe getting blackballed in the world of architecture, that the story will pick up. But at this point I just can't seem to muster up the interest to read any further.

I don't think the book is bad, it's just not my style of writing. I hopefully someday will pick it up again, as I do want to find out why Nathan's project was stopped, I just don't think at this point I can.… (más)