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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
This book was OK. The premise was a good one but then the author does several side chapters about the main character being caught in one of the twin towers during 9/11. However, as soon as she gets out, she hops a plane to London to save a Van Gogh painting. The 9/11 situation isn't really mentioned by her again. Not very realistic and the author shouldn't have even bothered including that part. If you were caught in the towers, I imagine this superceded anything else going on in your life at that time. This was a pretty predictable book so the ending isn't really any surprise but not a bad summer read.
Got good head-start about paintings and people's obsession for it. The description of 9/11 horror was okay but didn't create much impact. The story wasn't striking but okay for one time read.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
A delightfully over-the-top parody of THE DA VINCI CODE!
What do you get if you cross the 2013 comedy film AMERICAN HUSTLE, Dan Brown’s THE DA VINCI CODE, Daniel Silva’s THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, David Baldacci’s THE COLLECTOR, with special thanks to the 2018 action thriller THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME?
If that sounds like an unlikely combination of ideas that might produce a global chase thriller predicated on a nasty corporate con designed to swindle a priceless van Gogh painting from the estate of an elderly British matriarch, I’d say you were right! BUT I’d also tell you this. FALSE IMPRESSION isn’t going to win any literary awards and it isn’t intended to pass on any subliminal moral nuggets but it certainly works. Entertaining from first page to last, FALSE IMPRESSION is a wonderfully diverting and surprisingly gripping story that will put a smile on the face of any reader that enjoys the thriller genre.
Definitely recommended. It’s a long, long way from the vintage generational family story-telling that one might expect from a more typical Jeffrey Archer novel, but it’s great fun!
Paul Weiss
What do you get if you cross the 2013 comedy film AMERICAN HUSTLE, Dan Brown’s THE DA VINCI CODE, Daniel Silva’s THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, David Baldacci’s THE COLLECTOR, with special thanks to the 2018 action thriller THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME?
If that sounds like an unlikely combination of ideas that might produce a global chase thriller predicated on a nasty corporate con designed to swindle a priceless van Gogh painting from the estate of an elderly British matriarch, I’d say you were right! BUT I’d also tell you this. FALSE IMPRESSION isn’t going to win any literary awards and it isn’t intended to pass on any subliminal moral nuggets but it certainly works. Entertaining from first page to last, FALSE IMPRESSION is a wonderfully diverting and surprisingly gripping story that will put a smile on the face of any reader that enjoys the thriller genre.
Definitely recommended. It’s a long, long way from the vintage generational family story-telling that one might expect from a more typical Jeffrey Archer novel, but it’s great fun!
Paul Weiss
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fast-paced thriller with fairly simplistic and not very realistic characters trying to steal or sell or save artworks and estates in the weeks just before and after 9/11/2001. Brain Candy.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Entertaining from start to finish. It might not be the best Jeffrey Archer book, but it served its purpose.
I loved every character here, from Dr. Petrescu to ‘Crew Cut.’
It gave me a little POV on what probably must've been going on inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center after the first plane crashed into it on 9/11. Scary experience for anyone involved that day.
My favourite quote was one Arabella made close to the end: ‘I can promise you a slow, painful death, and I will not be calling for an ambulance until I’m convinced there’s nothing they can do to help you.’
So where did the van go?—get it? van Gogh?—lol.
My 8th Jeffery Archer book this year, man's too good.
I loved every character here, from Dr. Petrescu to ‘Crew Cut.’
It gave me a little POV on what probably must've been going on inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center after the first plane crashed into it on 9/11. Scary experience for anyone involved that day.
My favourite quote was one Arabella made close to the end: ‘I can promise you a slow, painful death, and I will not be calling for an ambulance until I’m convinced there’s nothing they can do to help you.’
So where did the van go?—get it? van Gogh?—lol.
My 8th Jeffery Archer book this year, man's too good.