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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
It's a wild story buried in way too much (impressive but cumbersome) research / detail. I felt like I was 14 again reading Moby Dick, and asking my parents when I'd finally meet the whale! (Confession -- I then proceeded to skip 100p of MD because I couldn't take any more of that type of detail. Didn't do that here, but perhaps should have.)
Honestly, I felt like the Malcolm Gladwell book review (from the New Yorker a few years ago) was a much better read.
Honestly, I felt like the Malcolm Gladwell book review (from the New Yorker a few years ago) was a much better read.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
informative
medium-paced
Fascinating true story about a crazy plot cooked up to fool the Nazis during WWII. Love the author, but this wasn't as fantastic as his previous book. Mainly because this wasn't as exciting as that crazy Eddie Chapman.
4.5 stars really. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, being a fan both of the genre and of Macintyre’s writing style (“unambitious condom distribution” continues to make me chuckle). i knocked of half a star in the end because it really did start to drag. He went off on tangents telling the detailed backstory of several minor players. At one point we were in Bolivia on a gold mining expedition, potentially interesting in its own right but not what I came for, you know?
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Love this book as an audiobook. The author reading the book does an amazing job and I found it informative, interesting and funny all in the right ways.
informative
slow-paced