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A review by hpstrangelove
The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin
5.0
I have a pet peeve with POV changes in the middle of a paragraph, so I'm hesitant to give this one five stars. If I could give 4.5 I would, but since I can't I'll just have to round up.
That's the only flaw in this story and it comes in the third part when the hero and the bad guy meet. The story keeps flipping back and forth between their POVs.
I've listened to the audiobooks of the preceding stories and enjoyed them all. The format of this one changed a bit. The first part gives us Fandorin's POV, which is what I expected. But the second part gives us the bad guys POV and backstory. I was thrown at first because I wasn't sure what was going on. By the time part 2 ended, I found myself wanting the bad guy to get away, his story was so compelling.
I loved the action in this story and think it would make a great movie one day.
That's the only flaw in this story and it comes in the third part when the hero and the bad guy meet. The story keeps flipping back and forth between their POVs.
I've listened to the audiobooks of the preceding stories and enjoyed them all. The format of this one changed a bit. The first part gives us Fandorin's POV, which is what I expected. But the second part gives us the bad guys POV and backstory. I was thrown at first because I wasn't sure what was going on. By the time part 2 ended, I found myself wanting the bad guy to get away, his story was so compelling.
I loved the action in this story and think it would make a great movie one day.