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A review by taetris
Code To Zero by Ken Follett
3.0
In this thriller, Luke wakes up in a public bathroom without his memory. He doesn't know his name or how he ended up there. As the story unfolds, he learns that his life is tied up with the launch of the first American satellite into space.
This story is immensly readable. The pages fly by. However, there are flaws. The memory-losing-trope is difficult to do, in my opinion. In this one, the reactions of characters finding out about Luke's memory loss were a bit off - they sounded too matter-of-fact. Also, information that the reader already knew was repeated, which was a bit jarring.
As concerns the plot:
Not Follett's best work, but entertaining.
This story is immensly readable. The pages fly by. However, there are flaws. The memory-losing-trope is difficult to do, in my opinion. In this one, the reactions of characters finding out about Luke's memory loss were a bit off - they sounded too matter-of-fact. Also, information that the reader already knew was repeated, which was a bit jarring.
As concerns the plot:
Spoiler
One of the main points is that communist spies in America have been feeding the Soviets information about the American space programme, which is why they sent a satellite up first. That seems a very American thing to say. The only way the Soviets could possibly have beat the US was by stealing their ideas. So if the US had this information that the Soviets supposedly used to get into space, why did they not use it to get into space sooner?Not Follett's best work, but entertaining.