A review by victoriathuyvi
The Quiet American by Graham Greene

4.0

Just some quick things about this novel: a professor of Russian language and literature recommended me to read this after I told him that I'm Vietnamese. I'm not such a fan of books about war so starting off the book, I was surprised by how not dreadful it was! But delving a bit further in and that's when my interest started to waiver. Mentions of places and weapons that I couldn't visualize...the dreadfulness! But that didn't stop me. I continued reading and into the last third of the novel, I started to get really interested to the point that I found myself really enjoying the book. There are so many deep and profound thoughts from several characters. And I absolutely love how the story unfolded. I thought that was masterful writing and I would love to read some more Graham Greene books.