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A review by travvyt
Jack of Spies by David Downing
2.0
Being a big historical buff, I enjoyed the setting and exposition of the book. There are a lot of books written about the WWII era but this is one of the few I've read that go into details about the events leading up to WWI.
The reason I didn't give it a higher rating is that the main characters aren't really likable or memorable. I really didn't care what happened to Jack or Caitlin - there wasn't much in the story to make me have any empathy with either of them which takes you out of the overall story. I've seen a lot of people raving about the John Russell series so I'm planning to read Zoo Station next - but I'm not sure I'm going to continue with the Jack McColl series.
The reason I didn't give it a higher rating is that the main characters aren't really likable or memorable. I really didn't care what happened to Jack or Caitlin - there wasn't much in the story to make me have any empathy with either of them which takes you out of the overall story. I've seen a lot of people raving about the John Russell series so I'm planning to read Zoo Station next - but I'm not sure I'm going to continue with the Jack McColl series.