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frasersimons 's review for:
American Spy
by Lauren Wilkinson
Not what I had expected from something appearing to be soy fiction, but the mismatched expectations helped the fiction overall, I think. I’m not sure if it’s intentionally subversive. Ideologically it certainly seems to be when compared to a typical spy/thriller style book.
The book is written as though the main character is leaving the story of her life for her young children, jumping back and forth from her young life to more current events, and why she is leaving her children in the first place and leaving her story behind.
It’s a fairly slow story with not much action. But it was interesting throughout. The most interesting part was her perspective in the FBI/ CIA/ American ideologies, in general—especially as it is executed abroad.
The book is written as though the main character is leaving the story of her life for her young children, jumping back and forth from her young life to more current events, and why she is leaving her children in the first place and leaving her story behind.
It’s a fairly slow story with not much action. But it was interesting throughout. The most interesting part was her perspective in the FBI/ CIA/ American ideologies, in general—especially as it is executed abroad.