Reviews - The Thirty-Nine Steps

995 reviews for:

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

3.28 AVERAGE

karlmarxschooloftaxefficiency's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious tense 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

lindasdarby's review against another edition

3.0

Loved it. I had seen the BBC movie and really wanted to read the book. I enjoyed the book. A quick read with a good mystery.

andrew_balyk's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Захоплюючий детектив. Це точно класика цього жанру з пригодами, шпигунством, несподіваними поворотами подій.

Правда читається складно беручи до уваги роки, коли це було написано. Особливо діалоги з шотландським
акцентом)

davros4's review

3.0

3.5⭐️

sammy_'s review against another edition

2.0

I’ve wanted to read this book for years since enjoying the Hitchcock film and noticed it on my library app at only 150 pages, which reiterated my perception from the film of this as a pacy thriller that I could probably lose a pleasant afternoon to.

In short: if it’s even possible for a 150 page book to drag, John Buchan achieved this. It seems Hitchcock took the name and core premise (man finds himself mixed up in a spy conspiracy, goes on a jolly romp around Scotland) and added basically everything thrilling or suspenseful about it.

I can’t otherwise sum it up better than another reviewer already has here (lol):

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1919086079