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The Deserter by Alex DeMille, Nelson DeMille

rwgabbard's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

ichirofakename's review against another edition

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2.0

Made it to page 97. Not my cup of tea. Spy/assassin story in economic chaos of Venezuela. Now I will never go to Venezuela. Prose is wooden and heavily padded with irrelevant scene setting details. Get on with it! Apparently others are more gripped by the tale.

brendap's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

sirenpacific's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

blueashbobbie's review against another edition

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4.0

I like reading his books because there is always humor in them. I felt the book was a bit too long.

kelseycanada's review against another edition

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I just couldn’t get into this book. 

zipperhead's review against another edition

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5.0

A great and funny story from Nelson DeMille. I hope this is the beginning of a new series.

laureel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

22ringram's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced

4.0

kldowns's review against another edition

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2.0

More like a 2.5. I finished The Cuban Affair in a few days. This took me two weeks, and at points it felt like pulling teeth. Brodie’s regular internal monologue about wanting to sleep with Taylor got old fast. It never got exciting and the ending didn’t exactly leave me feeling like it was worth the 530 pages.