Reviews tagging 'War'

Argylle by Elly Conway

10 reviews

debbilynn42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Meh, it was a spy novel. It was slow paced between missions but a little quicker pace during the missions. I didn't really get to know the characters so it a as hard to care about them and whether or not they made it through a mission. The narrative felt very "check the box" to make it through a spy plot, but not cohesive as a story line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Rape

henyouise's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

somehow this international spy thriller is kind of boring? For me it just makes no sense that Argylle would join the CIA and the whole thing falls off from there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and War

uranaishi's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, War, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Misogyny, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, and Slavery

taylormoore's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Liked the ending. I came in very confused bc I thought it was similar to the movie but rather it’s the book from the movie rather than what the movie is based on. At times the pov seemed very separated from the characters as if watching them from afar rather than actually being them. So sterile at times. I got better at keeping some of the characters separate but at times I had to go back and figure who was who. Over all not bad but not my favorite thriller/spy book. But that maybe have been me coming in with different expectations of what the story way suppose to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

jadencove's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, War, Death, and Kidnapping

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The book was fun in many ways. It had a lot of the right ingredients. But I had such a hard time paying attention. Restarted the book four times. Lots of great passages, but overall, I couldn’t get into it. Kept at it because the movie looks good, though I realize it’s a somewhat different premise. Hope the movie is better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, War, Drug use, Violence, and Abandonment

sheridanmms's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a fun read, I look forward to seeing the movie. The final reveal was well timed and the book had a mostly satisfying conclusion. I will be interested to see if there will be a sequel. The characters are almost all likeable and hateable at different times and the story itself was interesting with enough mystery to make it hard to put down. Some scenes felt a little repetitive, but by the end you can tell the purpose of them. The main villain is positively awful with practically no redeeming qualities. 

The ebook is poorly edited, with duplicate words, extra words left in some places, words dropped, and the second word in one chapter is Grance… instead of France. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War

onabookban's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Murder

gemloukay's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Argylle is an action filled spy thriller with a mystery author. While the characters could do with more detail, the plot is embedded with historical information, mysterious missing Nazi artefacts and an evil Russian aiming to win an election by finding the famous Amber Room taken from Russia in WWII.

Aubrey Argylle inadvertently saves some US operatives while working as a tour guide in Thailand (and trying to track down information about his parent's deaths) and ends up on the CIA's radar. The team he's assigned to appear to have a traitor in their numbers and their leader is determined to get answers. A romp through Europe follows, taking the group to France, Belgium and Poland, with plenty of action on the way as they're chased by Russian operatives. 

Don't expect the upcoming film to be based on the plot at all but it would make a fun action film in it's own right!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Genocide, Physical abuse, War, and Death

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Grief