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Argylle by Elly Conway

4 reviews

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

victoriaorgana's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It was fine, I wish it was more about Aubrey and his growth. It got lost in the plot and with Francis. The POV changes to her kinda gave it away at the end. Also like the end wasn’t super satisfying mostly trying to set up for future adventures but yeah. Aubrey deserved more complex growth other than “get cut his hair” you feel?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

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