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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Solid entertaining espionage novel, but not overly memorable.
This was a pleasant surprise. Part thriller, part espionage and an intricately developed mystery, it's a true page turner. If you're looking for a nice enjoyable read for a cold winter weekend this would be a good pick.
2.5*. A fun page-turner but I guessed the majority of the twists.
It was an entertaining thriller which I found incredibly easy to read. I enjoyed it.
Literary agent Isabel Reed receives a mysterious manuscript, containing shocking - shocking! - information about media mogul Charlie Wolfe. The book turns out to be dangerous property. Wolfe's people are determined to destroy every copy, and the minute Isabel pitches it to her favorite, ruggedly handsome editor, bodies start piling up. For a literary agent, Isabel is very adept at covert ops. She expertly gets rid of her bad guy tail along with hidden microphones and tracking devices, tucks her lovelorn editor under one arm and the manuscript under the other, and gets the hell outta town. I can only assume she has learned these skills by reading numerous thrillers for work.
It's good, fast-paced fun, but predictable in the sense that you already know that any poor sucker who comes in contact with the manuscript will be ruthlessly eliminated. Also, I figured out who the author was - I mean, who he really was - early on, so the ending was a 'meh'. I liked that the novel was set in the publishing world, although I hope the literary people aren't quite as nasty in the real world. The action takes place in both the U.S. and Europe, which is all good and well, but if you're going to go European, maybe don't refer to a Danish character as Dutch. Or get a better editor.
If you enjoyed The Expats, you'll probably like this one.
It's good, fast-paced fun, but predictable in the sense that you already know that any poor sucker who comes in contact with the manuscript will be ruthlessly eliminated. Also, I figured out who the author was - I mean, who he really was - early on, so the ending was a 'meh'. I liked that the novel was set in the publishing world, although I hope the literary people aren't quite as nasty in the real world. The action takes place in both the U.S. and Europe, which is all good and well, but if you're going to go European, maybe don't refer to a Danish character as Dutch. Or get a better editor.
If you enjoyed The Expats, you'll probably like this one.
This is his second novel and it's almost as good as his first. I thoroughly enjoyed it -- lots of unexepected twists and turns. I very quick read.
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Book was well-written, but all the characters were unlikable (so many innocents killed for this manuscript!), that it ultimately was not that satisfying for me. And the "twists" were telegraphed pretty clearly--was I supposed to be surprised about who was married to whom? And the character who supposedly "faked" deaths--weren't there a lot of actual deaths as well? Kind of confusing...