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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I have always and will always love historical fiction and also romance, so when I get both in one, even better. I find that I like that this story is from the point of view of a German spy, the other sides point of view is always interesting.
adventurous
tense
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Ken Follett is one of my very favorites, and he nailed it with this one. Loved it from start to finish!
rereading this after so many years I still love it.
My first Ken Follett. Won't be my last. Kinda like reading Jeffery Archer. Good quality story, written in a way that's pleasurable and easy to read with no useless waffle or overly descriptive BS.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a great old-fashioned spy novel-set in England during World War II. Faber, the German spy learns vital information about the Allied troops. He desperately tries to get the information out of the country. On the British front, there is a massive effort to catch Faber who ends up shipwrecked on an almost deserted and aptly named Storm island.
After finishing Follett's novel, its defined genre of "thriller" seemed laughable to me. Maybe the narrative tropes wouldn't have seemed so cliche and tired in 1979, but today, after decades of revitalized James Bond films, Homeland, Deutschland 83 and many others, there is nothing surprising or exciting about Eye of the Needle. I saw every single plot twist coming a mile away and that was unfortunate, because the distance from one "action" scene to the next seemed interminable. It's not a hard read, but it's not worth the time, either.
Read Harder 2016: Book from the 1970s
Read Harder 2016: Book from the 1970s