adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

Englander is too good to fall flat on his face. Still, the troubled birth of his second novel is very much in evidence.

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Aimless writing

Disappointed! questionable politics and questionable writing imo
medium-paced

Love stories, historical drama, spies. A rich novel.

dblelk13's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 I strongly suggest reading this book. Also, I would never have probably found this book if it hadn't been for The StoryGraph too! Strongly suggest using that website because it does a great job of tracking the books you have read and liked and making recommendations based on those ratings.
But back to this book, I was extremely impressed with the historical relevance and the research the author did because even though this is a book of non fiction, it does a remarkable job of retelling major historical events. I have now fallen down the rabbit hole of researching this period and the key players from it. Strongly recommend! 

nielsabeth's review

3.25
dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amazing book. But so accurately depicted to lead to frustration as this conflict will never find an end.