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A review by internetnomads
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
3.0
Before you scratch your head about why I put this book on my Canadian Authors shelf, Lord Tweedsmuir was a Governor General of Canada, which makes him an honorary Canadian. So there.
This was a true "liked it" three star rating. Plenty of other reviews complain about the triteness but you always have to read a book as a product of its time. Many other books came after this one as direct imitations.
The protagonist is eminently capable at spycraft, and the story's fairly predictable to a modern audience, but that doesn't mean you cannot enjoy the plot and trundle along with Hannay on his struggle through the heather.
This was a true "liked it" three star rating. Plenty of other reviews complain about the triteness but you always have to read a book as a product of its time. Many other books came after this one as direct imitations.
The protagonist is eminently capable at spycraft, and the story's fairly predictable to a modern audience, but that doesn't mean you cannot enjoy the plot and trundle along with Hannay on his struggle through the heather.