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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Great little book. I bought it used for 25 cents, read it last night and this afternoon.
I love the quick pace, suspense about the main character, Hannay, surviving for a few weeks until June 15th to save a foreign prime minister. Sadly, the minister is killed a day early, and the secrets the Germans are after are taken. But, the three spies involved are found out by Hannay, and are captured right at the end.
Beautiful descriptions of the scenery in Scotland, cool disguises to imagine, lots of fun to read. I like Buchan's style of describing things, both in the landscape and in the disguises.
Happened to find the movie at the library, plan to watch it and see how things translate. Nice weekend plan.
I love the quick pace, suspense about the main character, Hannay, surviving for a few weeks until June 15th to save a foreign prime minister. Sadly, the minister is killed a day early, and the secrets the Germans are after are taken. But, the three spies involved are found out by Hannay, and are captured right at the end.
Beautiful descriptions of the scenery in Scotland, cool disguises to imagine, lots of fun to read. I like Buchan's style of describing things, both in the landscape and in the disguises.
Happened to find the movie at the library, plan to watch it and see how things translate. Nice weekend plan.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Audio book 🔊
Short but not that sweet. I dunno, I think perhaps I'm just not a spy novel gal. The formula seems to be a) describe current setting, b) describe token character from that setting, c) enemy closes in so we run off to the next setting - AND REPEAT. Just wasn't that exciting and the conclusion didn't pay off for me.
Short but not that sweet. I dunno, I think perhaps I'm just not a spy novel gal. The formula seems to be a) describe current setting, b) describe token character from that setting, c) enemy closes in so we run off to the next setting - AND REPEAT. Just wasn't that exciting and the conclusion didn't pay off for me.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is not great literature, but it was super fun. Some parts didn't quite make sense, but I don't really care.
Not my type of book! I appreciate that this novel has been written in a different time, with a bit of an “ancient” style, and an audience with dramatically different tastes in mind. However, I thought much of what happened in the story was way too convenient for the MC, to the point that I found myself rolling my eyes every 10 or so pages.
Our local theater group just put on a spoof of this inspired by Hitchcock. It was quite remarkable and I was interested in learning what was about!
Buchan says in a dedication that his intention in writing this story is to create his own 'dime novel' where "incidents defy the probabilities, and march just inside the borders of the possible." Unfortunately, he takes it too far. It also has the shortest act 3 I remember ever reading. On balance I think Hitchcock made a better story.
