A review by sunsoar25
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

3.0

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Richard Hannay #1) by John Buchan is a solid classic adventure mystery series opener. It doesn't really waste any time and jumps right into things. As much as I liked this early take on early take on James Bond or George Smiley though, I definitely preferred the adaptations from 1935 by Alfred Hitchcock and the 1959 by Ralph Thomas. If I'd read this before I'd seen either of those, I might have been a little more hooked on this 110 year old story than I ended up being. I haven't decided if I'll continue the series, but I'm glad I've checked this off my tbr.