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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
After thinking about it for a little bit, I had to change my rating from 4 to 3 stars. While I enjoyed this book, and the espionage aspects involved, I feel that at times it was long winded and choppy. Things that could have been described in a page took 10-15 pages. I did purchase the next in the series and I hope it captures my attention. This one I had to put down a lot and walk away from. I can easily speed through a 500 page boom in two days, but this took a week, and for that reason I changed the rating. It was clear to me that this was a tough read based on the time elapsed. I loved Dominika’s character, but she disappeared for long stretches. Too many characters with absurdly similar names made it difficult to navigate.
4,5.
Me gusto y me resultó interesante.
Con un final agridulce y personajes curiosos, en especial la protagonista"Dominika", lo hacen una buena lectura.
Hay detalles en cuanto a la inteligencia de los jefes de ambos lados (Rusia-USA) pero en general esta bien, el libro es ficción al fin y al cabo.
Tenemos el "extra" del porque ella (Dominika) se vuelve quién es; sumado a su rara habilidad para ver las emociones en colores, que no la vuelven en la más fuerte y si, un personaje con muchos defectos, que busca de sensibilizarse, en muchos casos se retrata como "una serpiente", pero no es una Viuda Negra.
Ahora, no he leído libros de espías más que los ligeros YA por eso no tengo otro punto de comparación, pero la trama me ha enganchado, pues no ahonda en detalles pesados y evoca más el suspenso en los pequeños casos y vivencias de la protagonista.
Una mejora que espero en los siguientes libros, es ver más escenas de acción, mezcladas con intriga; este libro al final fue más de conspiraciones, dobles caras, chantajes, “ESPIONAJE”, y una protagonista buscando un sentido a su vida cuando perdió sus sueño.
PD: La película deja mucho que desear si lo comparamos con el libro, el trailer ya muestra que no tocará los temas escabrosos y duros que fue la vida de Dominika. Al final, es una adaptación palomera simplemente.
Me gusto y me resultó interesante.
Con un final agridulce y personajes curiosos, en especial la protagonista"Dominika", lo hacen una buena lectura.
Hay detalles en cuanto a la inteligencia de los jefes de ambos lados (Rusia-USA) pero en general esta bien, el libro es ficción al fin y al cabo.
Tenemos el "extra" del porque ella (Dominika) se vuelve quién es; sumado a su rara habilidad para ver las emociones en colores, que no la vuelven en la más fuerte y si, un personaje con muchos defectos, que busca de sensibilizarse, en muchos casos se retrata como "una serpiente", pero no es una Viuda Negra.
Ahora, no he leído libros de espías más que los ligeros YA por eso no tengo otro punto de comparación, pero la trama me ha enganchado, pues no ahonda en detalles pesados y evoca más el suspenso en los pequeños casos y vivencias de la protagonista.
Una mejora que espero en los siguientes libros, es ver más escenas de acción, mezcladas con intriga; este libro al final fue más de conspiraciones, dobles caras, chantajes, “ESPIONAJE”, y una protagonista buscando un sentido a su vida cuando perdió sus sueño.
PD: La película deja mucho que desear si lo comparamos con el libro, el trailer ya muestra que no tocará los temas escabrosos y duros que fue la vida de Dominika. Al final, es una adaptación palomera simplemente.
Why do you have a recipe at the end of each chapter. So annoying. This is like reading porn (I guess since I’ve not ever read porn).
I am most struck by the plausibility of Red Sparrow. With two major exceptions, the book feels like it may have been narrative nonfiction. From the descriptions of running countersurveillance routes to the actual broad lack of action punctuated by periods of tense, highly scripted movements, some going according to plan, some not, so much feels like it could be a true story. There are two notable exceptions, though. First, though not a huge spoiler to the overall story, . Second, Ms. Egorova's use of synesthesia to somehow sense emotion and motivation in a near ESP-like fashion has become almost a bit of a trope at this point, and it undermined what was otherwise a smart, incredibly capable character. Those became enough, at various points, to undermine the novel sufficiently enough to knock off a star. Even so, I've already picked up the second book in the trilogy and am looking forward to devouring it.
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SWAN's behavior is over-the top, and her open contempt for the intelligence community makes one wonder of Mr. Matthews himself had been excoriated by a pol at one or numerous points in his career
informative
slow-paced
I was looking forward to reading this book. The premise sounded interesting. Unfortunately, I found it a bit of a let down.
There was not a whole lot of suspense to keep me interested. Frustrating to try to decipher all the acronyms (only some of which are defined when first seen). The character profiles were not well developed outside of Dominika. For this character though, I liked the author’s inclusion of her “sixth sense.”
There was not a whole lot of suspense to keep me interested. Frustrating to try to decipher all the acronyms (only some of which are defined when first seen). The character profiles were not well developed outside of Dominika. For this character though, I liked the author’s inclusion of her “sixth sense.”
we love a spy book with a splash of espionage and a love story. loved how I was actually stressssssing during the missions.
I read this book as Leigh Sales recommended it as a good spy adventure, I enjoy those occasionally. Whilst this book was enjoyable I found it too long and I almost didn't finish it. I reckon a 1/4 of it could be removed.
I read this right around the time the movie was coming out (which I have not seen yet) without really knowing much about it. What proceeded was most like a sexualized Jason Bourne story with both a male and female protagonist. While I’ve read that the depictions of how the CIA operate abroad are accurate, they did make for some long passages about how to detect surveillance.
As thrillers go, this one is passable, with one caveat. The expected double (or maybe triple?) cross happened in a flash without a lot of preamble or internal character monologue – I found this disingenuous and unbelievable, even in the midst of my willing suspension of disbelief required for a Russian spy thriller. Overall a fine part one of a trilogy, but I don’t expect to read the next two books.
As thrillers go, this one is passable, with one caveat. The expected double (or maybe triple?) cross happened in a flash without a lot of preamble or internal character monologue – I found this disingenuous and unbelievable, even in the midst of my willing suspension of disbelief required for a Russian spy thriller. Overall a fine part one of a trilogy, but I don’t expect to read the next two books.
DNF. I rarely quit reading a book, However this had way too much sexual content and cursing for me. The story line was good. But I just couldn’t get past the language and sexual content. It was also SUPER discriptive way over kill in my opinion!