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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It started off very slow, and the explanation felt a bit forced, but it definitely got very good towards the third act.
surprising for a spy novel, it compelled me the most in moments where the protagonist seemed bored out of his mind
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
After a few false starts, I finally vibed with this book. The style involved a lot of Chekhovian instances where the reader actually had to work to understand from the description why the narrator was drawing certain conclusions or taking certain actions. Fun to experience this in a spy novel rather than a social drama.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Tricky.
The opening made me utterly miserable: wonderful images combined with a sense of surreal, almost Kafkaesque bureaucratic unreality. By the time I worked out what was going on at *that* point, events had long since passed me by.
In the end--a satisfying mystery, and kudos for both giving me a sense of how disorienting trying to work things out really is, and the skill to pull me through.
The opening made me utterly miserable: wonderful images combined with a sense of surreal, almost Kafkaesque bureaucratic unreality. By the time I worked out what was going on at *that* point, events had long since passed me by.
In the end--a satisfying mystery, and kudos for both giving me a sense of how disorienting trying to work things out really is, and the skill to pull me through.