169 reviews for:

The Siege

Ben Macintyre

4.31 AVERAGE

didactylos's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Starts very slowly but then picks up pace. An intensely minute by minute retelling, forensic yet empathetic.

t_h1234's review

5.0

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Excellent

anne_floor's review

4.25

adventurous challenging informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

bibliohound1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative tense slow-paced

very_b's review

4.25

tense medium-paced

ngwilson's review

4.5

adventurous informative fast-paced

mjm136's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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A riveting nonfiction narrative of a historical event that I'm ashamed to say I do not remember--the 1980 armed takeover of the Iranian embassy in London  by anti-Khomeini Iranian Arabs.  The story of this six-day siege, and its resolution, is fascinating.  And the ending is as tense and pulse-pounding as any thriller I've ever read.  An outstanding book.

ellenon's review

4.0

tense medium-paced

lg800k5's review

3.75

informative tense slow-paced

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Very informative and eye opening to many of the issues driving the actors behind the siege- an event I knew little of beforehand. Thorough description of characters and setting. Can be slow paced at times but makes sense given the nature of the event.

willcolahan's review

4.5

adventurous informative tense medium-paced