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Alto Riesgo by Ken Follett

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3,5/5
Creo que conocer el final del libro me ha quitado esa emoción que se tiene cuando llegas a los últimos capítulos, además de que muchas escenas claves estaban contadas de manera muy resumida, o muy breve para mi gusto, con lo cual no me llegaron del todo.

Sin embargo, al ser mi primera novela histórica ambientada en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, he aprendido mucho. Realmente la historia si que es adictiva, sobre todo al principio cuando no sabes exactamente qué van a hacer o quienes van a ir.

La protagonista me ha gustado,sobre todo su capacidad de mantenerse fría en situaciones extremas y su intuición y rápida resolución de problemas,sin embargo, creo que el retrato de las mujeres en este libro es bastante mejorable, no obstante la (inesperada por mi parte) representación de la comunidad lgbt es bastante satisfactoria.

Con respecto al otro protagonista, aunque es evidente que el personaje de Dieter es un indeseable, a veces tenía la sensación de que el autor intentaba humanizarlo demasiado, a pesar de que puedo entender porqué, siento que una persona así no tiene justificación ninguna.

Me gustaría acabar diciendo que es un libro un tanto crudo, pues muchos de los capítulos eran narrados desde la perspectiva del villano de la historia, y teniendo en cuenta que los nazis si existieron creo que es importante mencionar unos “trigger warnings” como la tortura, discriminación, la violencia sexual física y psicológica , etc.

erohn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

Pretty dece. A tight, action-packed thriller. Some of the prose was fairly clunky and blunt, but I still read the whole thing in a day, so I can’t complain.

danaelycia's review against another edition

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4.0

I found this book in a bargin bin at Chapters. For a couple books, I picked it up. That was almost 10 years ago and I remember the moment clearly. Why? Because that was my introduction to Ken Follett and what has become a passion for anything he writes.

This books sucks you in right away. And you don't have to be a war enthusiast to enjoy it. My favourite aspect? It wasn't taken from the side of the ever popular Brits, Americans, or Russians. I find a lot of WWII books always seem to forget there were others fighting in the war as well. This story, from the French Resistance, was amazing. It gave some insight into occupied France and how the French faught back (just another misconception that the French were weak).

Even though it's been years since I read this book, I will always remember it as my first.

airforcesister's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

geparker95's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-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? No

3.75

pericles_zacharis's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

rmallory10's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

dale_kooyenga's review against another edition

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3.0

Good book, but tought to compare to Follett's Pillars of The Earth which is outstanding. The book has some - "Oh Come on" moments but overall a good summer read for a touch of history (book is historical fiction) and a decent novel.