carmenere's review against another edition
3.0
Buckle up your seatbelts for this read, folks! As this was my first venture into this series I was not expecting so much travel, so many characters, or multiple issues. The story is far reaching and sometimes confusing but if you like espionage thrillers, this one's for you. I think to fully appreciate the depth of Steinbauer's writing, one should begin with "The Tourist" the first in the Milo Weaver series and that's just what I may do.
eldiente's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting use of narrator in both first and third person.
Helpful to have read previous volumes in the series
Helpful to have read previous volumes in the series
mad_about_books's review against another edition
5.0
Although THE LAST TOURIST is a novel, a work of fiction, it reads like one of the current non-fiction, tell-all books that I have taken to reading over the past couple of years. The sprinkling of recognizable names only adds to the terrifying realism.
There was a time not so long ago where I would have given any number of the books I've read recently a definite pass. Now I devour books by journalists, ex-government officials, ex-federal law enforcement and security personnel. THE LAST TOURIST fits in my new reading pattern seamlessly.
It is hard to find a book published within the last three years that doesn't, in some way, touch upon the state of the world facing both climate change and political change. Even genre fiction - horror, sci-fi, fantasy - manages to voice the very real concerns we face. THE LAST TOURIST doesn't just voice these concerns, it drops them in your lap where they explode.
Olen Steinhauer has managed to make Ian Fleming's James Bond, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne look like rank amateurs in the face of globalism and behind-the-scenes dirty dealing. This is Spy vs Spy for the 21st century.
There was a time not so long ago where I would have given any number of the books I've read recently a definite pass. Now I devour books by journalists, ex-government officials, ex-federal law enforcement and security personnel. THE LAST TOURIST fits in my new reading pattern seamlessly.
It is hard to find a book published within the last three years that doesn't, in some way, touch upon the state of the world facing both climate change and political change. Even genre fiction - horror, sci-fi, fantasy - manages to voice the very real concerns we face. THE LAST TOURIST doesn't just voice these concerns, it drops them in your lap where they explode.
Olen Steinhauer has managed to make Ian Fleming's James Bond, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne look like rank amateurs in the face of globalism and behind-the-scenes dirty dealing. This is Spy vs Spy for the 21st century.
lisagray68's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
robinlovesreading's review against another edition
3.0
I have enjoyed every book in this Milo Weaver story and this book was a find end to an intriguing series. The book opens in first person from the perspective of a CIA analyst. His life will forever be changed when he is assigned the task of checking out someone named Milo Weaver. Anyone having read this series will know that Milo was a part of a secret group of CIA operatives called The Library, and has managed to spend ten years off the radar.
This operation spans the globe and brings in a bevy of dangerous characters, situations and experiences. It is almost too much to absorb as their are many players and locations and keeping them all straight while reading this book should have earned me a degree of some sort.
Since spy novels are not my forte, this was a complicated, comprehensive read that took a lot for me to absorb. Having read the first three books in the series, The Tourist, The Nearest Exit and An American Spy, helped me to fit into Milo's world and all of the danger it entailed.
If you like deeper stories filled with intrigue that take you to the edge of your imagination, then I encourage you to pick up this book, The Last Tourist, and the entire series.
Many thanks to Minotaur and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
This operation spans the globe and brings in a bevy of dangerous characters, situations and experiences. It is almost too much to absorb as their are many players and locations and keeping them all straight while reading this book should have earned me a degree of some sort.
Since spy novels are not my forte, this was a complicated, comprehensive read that took a lot for me to absorb. Having read the first three books in the series, The Tourist, The Nearest Exit and An American Spy, helped me to fit into Milo's world and all of the danger it entailed.
If you like deeper stories filled with intrigue that take you to the edge of your imagination, then I encourage you to pick up this book, The Last Tourist, and the entire series.
Many thanks to Minotaur and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
sarahndipity's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Medical content, Torture, Trafficking, War, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts
juli_f's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
romonko's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I received this book as an advance readers edition a couple of years ago after I submitted a review on the first book in the series - The Tourist. I was thrilled to get it, but wanted to wait to read the the two books in-between first before I read this one, so I put it aside. Well I uncovered this one last week, and decided I'd read it anyway. Now I have the next two books on hold so I'm going to read the series out of order. This book was very good, but it just didn't quite grab me like The Tourist, thus the 4 1/2 stars. It is still so worth the read, and after I read the other two in-between I might change that rating. For anyone who enjoys realistic spy fiction with a loveable and somewhat flawed hero, this series is for you. His books are so realistic and so compelling, I just couldn't put it down. Milo Weaver is an anti-hero, or at least a reluctant one. In this book he is in charge of the organization that his father founded--The Library. The Library is in charge of collecting intelligence from all around the world. If nothing else, if you read the book, you will come away knowing that intelligence information is the basis now of all world events. We are in the Age of Information, and those who hold that information are all-powerful. It is a sobering thought because we all know how much information is out there that can be mined and collected. In the book, Milo Weaver is trying to stop the resurrection of his old organization and his life as a former Tourist. Is someone or some organization trying to resurrect "The Tourists" which were supposedly annihilated three years ago? Milo, with the help of his loyal family, friends and colleagues, is trying to stop something that he knows will be totally catastrophic to the world. The book kept me reading and enthralled from beginning to end. I still would recommend reading the series in order. I can't wait to read the the two books that I missed.
netsfrompdx's review against another edition
1.0
Maybe not having read the previous books in this series put me at a disadvantage, but I could not get into this book. I couldn't connect with the characters and the story wasn't making sense to me so I was disengaged and found reading it to be a chore. Stopped halfway through, which I almost never do. Wanted to like it, tried to get through it, but in the end I had to stop and move onto another book.