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After having read this book, I understand why it is soon to be out in the cinema: it is big on action, scene-setting, character development, and dialogue. It was fascinating to see how each of the three US heroes developed over the years, and how they felt that their respective lives and journeys had led them to that exact train, and to the actions that they took and were willing to take.
That moment when Alek holds the gun against the terrorist, knowing that if he shoots that Spencer will die too, and Spencer just looks up at Alek and tries to get across that he's happy to give up his life to stop anyone else from dying left me awed and humbled.
The time hops in the book did not always feel intuitive to a reader though, and sometimes left me a little disorientated. This would probably work much better on screen as action cuts abruptly to another place and time, leaving a cliff-hanger that sometimes felt counter-intuitive. It is the choppy scenes that dragged the rating down so much.
The other part of the book that fascinated me endlessly was the thoroughly "stereotypical USA" perspective on everything from guns, to God, to Germany. OK, I wrote that last one for alliteration, but my point still stands: as a typical Western European, the fascination with weapons, and the fresh way in which the three described the places in Europe that they visited was as interesting to me as the action. Albeit for different reasons.
The time hops in the book did not always feel intuitive to a reader though, and sometimes left me a little disorientated. This would probably work much better on screen as action cuts abruptly to another place and time, leaving a cliff-hanger that sometimes felt counter-intuitive. It is the choppy scenes that dragged the rating down so much.
The other part of the book that fascinated me endlessly was the thoroughly "stereotypical USA" perspective on everything from guns, to God, to Germany. OK, I wrote that last one for alliteration, but my point still stands: as a typical Western European, the fascination with weapons, and the fresh way in which the three described the places in Europe that they visited was as interesting to me as the action. Albeit for different reasons.