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A deathly boring, cliched spy "thriller" with a plot done a thousand times before. Jaded and misogynist American spy doing "one last job" in the Middle East who falls in love with a conveniently much younger local woman while being drawn into a wider conspiracy. I didn’t quite get that far in, but it was obvious where it was going a mile off. Maybe something crazy, or at least interesting, happens in the second half of this book, but it’s beyond my patience to find out. Slow and generic, I really wonder why this picked up so many good reviews.

jeanmariereads's review

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challenging tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

1.5

rwgabbard's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

simoneami's review against another edition

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Super dry

richardsonjw's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

rjs15's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ursineultra's review

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1.0

Poorly written and incredibly boring. Nothing happens for half the book, then something briefly happens, but then nothing happens again. The last third is mostly descriptions of handing passports to people. Also, I wanted the incredibly unlikable protagonist to die from pretty much the start of the book, and the ending is somehow both predictable and stupid.

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