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The Tourist
by Olen Steinhauer
3.5... rounded down.
If I ever take on a second genre, I can see myself getting into spy novels. This one, compared to the average crime novel that I read, is a bit light on setting and characterization, and too heavy on plot. It has plenty of double (triple? quadruple?) crosses, secrets revealed, etc. etc. Very entertaining.
Outside of the protagonist there aren't many great characters. It's fun when someone flips from evil to good or vice-versa, but one of the things I love most about crime novels is their ability to show how good vs. evil can be more a matter of circumstance and motivation, and how blurry the line is between the two. This book didn't have much of that.
Still, quick moving and fun. I will read the sequel.
If I ever take on a second genre, I can see myself getting into spy novels. This one, compared to the average crime novel that I read, is a bit light on setting and characterization, and too heavy on plot. It has plenty of double (triple? quadruple?) crosses, secrets revealed, etc. etc. Very entertaining.
Outside of the protagonist there aren't many great characters. It's fun when someone flips from evil to good or vice-versa, but one of the things I love most about crime novels is their ability to show how good vs. evil can be more a matter of circumstance and motivation, and how blurry the line is between the two. This book didn't have much of that.
Still, quick moving and fun. I will read the sequel.