A review by lindsaysezen
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

challenging medium-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

2.0

I read this book as part of a self-imposed challenge to read all the books that became Alfred Hitchcock movies. This one was a real challenge - I found the plot to be unnecessarily convoluted with a lot of characters that blended together, perhaps because I kept falling asleep as I read it. I watched the Hitchcock movie afterwards - they changed the plot so much that I am not sure they really had to credit the book, but even so it wasn’t much better.