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A review by tarakingwrites
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
4.0
Mostly this was just fun. I was hooked on the story pretty much the whole time. I didn't even hate the ballet stuff, and I *always* hate the ballet stuff! The synesthete as super spy thing sounds a bit....far fetched, but what do I know? The story was compelling; the characters interesting, the settings dramatic. What more can you ask from a spy novel?!
I've read a fair number of like, mid-60s adventure novels, which I now realize are pretty similar to this book....so I guess I can say this book handled women better than those books, but that's basically the lowest possible bar to clear. There were definitely a few "hey there's a boob here!" moments (e.g. a woman is fighting for her life, but hey her boob is out! Or, a woman is dead, but hey her boob is out! Weird how it's never a man written that way...)
I enjoyed the recipes at the end of each chapter at first, though by the end it felt gimmicky ("As he ran through the streets of Moscow, he also had a cucumber salad.")
I've read a fair number of like, mid-60s adventure novels, which I now realize are pretty similar to this book....so I guess I can say this book handled women better than those books, but that's basically the lowest possible bar to clear. There were definitely a few "hey there's a boob here!" moments (e.g. a woman is fighting for her life, but hey her boob is out! Or, a woman is dead, but hey her boob is out! Weird how it's never a man written that way...)
I enjoyed the recipes at the end of each chapter at first, though by the end it felt gimmicky ("As he ran through the streets of Moscow, he also had a cucumber salad.")