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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Wild ride, quite funny at times (my mortal enemy *checks notes* Marmaduke) and just all about the hustle of disguise on the run
Bet this slapped hard in 1915.
In seriousness, I went into this with low expectations, and I'm not disappointed or left annoyed at the short time this took me to read.
I appreciate how this has probably influenced a lot of modern crime/spy novels of today. Of course, there's some language of the time which isn't pretty for nowadays but that comes with the classic book territory.
I do love the portion of this book set in Scotland. I know the author is Scottish, and the love and care taken into describing the landscape and the people brought a smile to my face.
In seriousness, I went into this with low expectations, and I'm not disappointed or left annoyed at the short time this took me to read.
I appreciate how this has probably influenced a lot of modern crime/spy novels of today. Of course, there's some language of the time which isn't pretty for nowadays but that comes with the classic book territory.
I do love the portion of this book set in Scotland. I know the author is Scottish, and the love and care taken into describing the landscape and the people brought a smile to my face.
Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favourite directors and I have loved the five films that I've seen by him so far (The Birds, Rear Window, Psycho, North by North West & Vertigo), but one film that I really want to see by him is his adaption of The Thirty-Nine steps from author John Buchan. However while I'm currently waiting for it to go back in stock on the Barnes and Noble Website so I can order it as part of this month's Criterion Collection Sale, I thought it would be a good idea to read the source material, and I quickly found myself enjoying this one a lot.
It's a standard crime thriller that utilises a lot of familiar cliches but does it in an effective way. The short length makes it feel like a really quick read especially as the pages go by really quickly. This classic provided a great introduction to Richard Hannay's character and I'm looking forward to reading more of Buchan's work in the future even though this is probably the most famous book in the series. It's an early espionage story that doesn't have as much polish as later works in the genre but does have enough of a draw to keep readers hooked, it is a classic after all.
The book does feel fun and even though it is fairly dated in its portrayal of the spy genre it is still an effective read, keeping the tension high as the book builds towards an effective conclusion. It's easy to see why it made an appearance on the Guardian's 100 best English novels list at #42, and has enough material to keep readers hooked. It does feel a little light to be a novel though, but at the same time, that might just be because I went through it so quickly.
It's a standard crime thriller that utilises a lot of familiar cliches but does it in an effective way. The short length makes it feel like a really quick read especially as the pages go by really quickly. This classic provided a great introduction to Richard Hannay's character and I'm looking forward to reading more of Buchan's work in the future even though this is probably the most famous book in the series. It's an early espionage story that doesn't have as much polish as later works in the genre but does have enough of a draw to keep readers hooked, it is a classic after all.
The book does feel fun and even though it is fairly dated in its portrayal of the spy genre it is still an effective read, keeping the tension high as the book builds towards an effective conclusion. It's easy to see why it made an appearance on the Guardian's 100 best English novels list at #42, and has enough material to keep readers hooked. It does feel a little light to be a novel though, but at the same time, that might just be because I went through it so quickly.
The daring adventures of Richard Hannay were a good short read and there is no part of the story where the pace slackens. However the plot was a little too slapdash for my taste and some events seemed to stray too far into impossibility. The ending was a great touch.
I’m sorry to say I did not enjoy this. I know it’s sacrilege to say, but the film is more exciting. The momentum gets lost in the rapid pace at which things change, with new characters being introduced and left behind so quickly that it’s hard to determine what’s important and what’s not. Adventure stories require some element of suspension of disbelief, but this one seemed to rely entirely upon that, with even the narrator commenting that things seemed implausible but oh well, that’s just how they were. I couldn’t get past it unfortunately.
I didn’t 100% get the end but he does a great job racking up the tension.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
men men men and MORE men it would not take much to convince me buchan was gay
i read this for a lit class and almost tore my hair out reading it it was that boring
i read this for a lit class and almost tore my hair out reading it it was that boring
Fun company while walking and cleaning out the pantry today. I enjoyed the story and it made me think how we portray ourselves and what others perceive through that portrayal.
I also was struck that the fears of some "New World Order" are not new.
I also was struck that the fears of some "New World Order" are not new.