sara_grace's review against another edition
Just not loving how the characters were written. Didn't grab me.
ehudecek's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
vinton90's review against another edition
2.0
Very disappointed.This was not the espionage, one last job assassin thriller that I wanted it to be. The main characters on the "good guy" side of things are pathetic and quite frankly I wish that the antagonist had one the whole day. The bad guy was the most likable character in the whole book. What I got instead of a good thriller was a early 2000's middle aged white male Republican soft core porn, where all the men are tall and strapping and all the women are blonde or brown haired beauties who's only desire is to make them happy and give them babies.
csdaley's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good spy thriller. I thought it had a few plot devices that were a little hard to swallow or I would have given it a 4 star. I think this was Silva's first book so I hope he gets tighter with his plotting. That is almost always what turns me off spy thriller that are suppose to be plausible, the implausible act. James Bond can get away with it because it is a cartoon, otherwise no can do.
dacejav's review against another edition
4.0
Daniel Silva is good entertainment. If you look for a fast-paced thriller involving international terrorists, spies, intelligence agencies - look no further. I like that in a good journalist fashion he does his background research well. His books take you around the world from Washington to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brélès, Cairo, St Maarten, Northern Canada and Mykonos.
I found the second Michael Osbourne book "The Marching Season" a few years ago in a little free library in Tbilisi. It's possible to read them as stand-alones, it did not disturb me to read the second book first, but a few things were spoiled from the first book.
I found the second Michael Osbourne book "The Marching Season" a few years ago in a little free library in Tbilisi. It's possible to read them as stand-alones, it did not disturb me to read the second book first, but a few things were spoiled from the first book.
rodhunt's review against another edition
5.0
A perfect page turner. Believable and leaves you thinking.
marykayc's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyable and gripping. A few twists that I did not predict. I would read more by this author.
scott_a_miller's review against another edition
4.0
I got to Silva late but this was worth the wait. Michael is a very good character and it’s interesting to me that Silva only gives him one more book. I’ll definitely read it.
October is a great bad guy. While he lost this battle I wonder if we will see him again. There are too many open ends left that I hope get wrapped up in the next one.
Gabriel Allon must be a heck of a character. I’ll get to him eventually.
October is a great bad guy. While he lost this battle I wonder if we will see him again. There are too many open ends left that I hope get wrapped up in the next one.
Gabriel Allon must be a heck of a character. I’ll get to him eventually.