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sunnysettoon's review against another edition
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
diannel_04's review against another edition
5.0
I have read many series but I can count the ones that hold me beyond book 4 on one hand. This is one of those.
Gabriel Allon is now the chief of The Office, an Israeli security that makes Mossad look public. After the devastating events of the Black Widow he is more determined than ever to kill the terrorist known as Saladin. When Saladin's people release devastating attacks on London and Paris (where Gabriel is seriously injured) this becomes even more crucial.
Together with his English, American and French counterparts as well as Christopher Heller, form British soldier turned Corsican assassin turned British spy, Gabriel puts a plan in motion. To get to him they have to get to Jean-Luc Martel or JLM, one of the biggest nightclub and restaurant owners in France as well as it's biggest dealer in hashish. Between Jean-Luc and his almost-wife, Olivia, they manage to get to Saladin.
As we all know, just because one leader is bumped off doesn't mean another isn't waiting in the wings so I sure there will be more Gabriel Allon books coming out and I, personally, can't wait to read them.
Gabriel Allon is now the chief of The Office, an Israeli security that makes Mossad look public. After the devastating events of the Black Widow he is more determined than ever to kill the terrorist known as Saladin. When Saladin's people release devastating attacks on London and Paris (where Gabriel is seriously injured) this becomes even more crucial.
Together with his English, American and French counterparts as well as Christopher Heller, form British soldier turned Corsican assassin turned British spy, Gabriel puts a plan in motion. To get to him they have to get to Jean-Luc Martel or JLM, one of the biggest nightclub and restaurant owners in France as well as it's biggest dealer in hashish. Between Jean-Luc and his almost-wife, Olivia, they manage to get to Saladin.
As we all know, just because one leader is bumped off doesn't mean another isn't waiting in the wings so I sure there will be more Gabriel Allon books coming out and I, personally, can't wait to read them.
karthikm_86's review against another edition
3.0
Entertaining as always!
But plot was weak, compared to previous novels.
But plot was weak, compared to previous novels.
jaxboiler's review against another edition
4.0
This is the first book of this series I have read. It was pretty good. The action flowed well and the characters were pretty well developed.
mrwool's review against another edition
3.0
Silva is as tight and stylish a writer as ever, and crafts another summer page-turner here. That is enough to earn three stars, but sadly the largely predictable formula doesn't transcend a basic, solid Silva outing. A quick, fun summer read, but nothing special, and unfortunately for us long time fans, showing the tiredness of a long running genre series.
Silva's increasingly rightward ideological bent is still in evidence here, but, perhaps because the White House is no longer occupied by the Obama he so clearly loathed, is less in your face than the utter distraction it proved in Black Widow. So that was a nice change, though it remains a bit concerning the number of folks who seem to gather much of their "knowledge" of terrorism and political violence from the fictional, right-tinted world Silva has crafted with the help of pseudo-intellectual polemics like "Londonistan" (approvingly quoted in a previous authors note) and the op-ed page of Fox News/Breitbart.
Silva's increasingly rightward ideological bent is still in evidence here, but, perhaps because the White House is no longer occupied by the Obama he so clearly loathed, is less in your face than the utter distraction it proved in Black Widow. So that was a nice change, though it remains a bit concerning the number of folks who seem to gather much of their "knowledge" of terrorism and political violence from the fictional, right-tinted world Silva has crafted with the help of pseudo-intellectual polemics like "Londonistan" (approvingly quoted in a previous authors note) and the op-ed page of Fox News/Breitbart.
stricker's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jennkurrie's review against another edition
5.0
#108/2017 .. I always love these books, Gabriel and his team