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A review by billymac1962
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
5.0
What makes the perfect novel? Great plot, interesting characters, and expert pacing should pretty much do it.
The Unlikely Spy is one of the best reads I've had in a while. The story is very similar to The Eye of the Needle.
In fact, I've seen some complaints from people accusing this as nothing but a cheap clone of Follett's classic.
I think The Unlikely Spy was far superior, in terms of evoking the time and place of Britain during WWII. I felt I could really visualize the blackouts (or not visualize, you know what I mean), how it must have
felt to navigate the countryside with hooded headlights or the city of London with a dim torch.
The plot is similar to Eye of the Needle, where the great deception for the invasion of Normandy may have been compromised by German spies.
This is a terrific read, and stay tuned to this space for more Daniel Silva reviews. He's the next big thing, and I hope his next novels are just as good as this one.
The Unlikely Spy is one of the best reads I've had in a while. The story is very similar to The Eye of the Needle.
In fact, I've seen some complaints from people accusing this as nothing but a cheap clone of Follett's classic.
I think The Unlikely Spy was far superior, in terms of evoking the time and place of Britain during WWII. I felt I could really visualize the blackouts (or not visualize, you know what I mean), how it must have
felt to navigate the countryside with hooded headlights or the city of London with a dim torch.
The plot is similar to Eye of the Needle, where the great deception for the invasion of Normandy may have been compromised by German spies.
This is a terrific read, and stay tuned to this space for more Daniel Silva reviews. He's the next big thing, and I hope his next novels are just as good as this one.