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A review by jeg_a
A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva
2.0
Meh.
This read was only valuable to me in that it exposed me to some new ideas and themes around the Holocaust like the complicity of the Catholic Church and the Austrian government in aiding Nazis running from justice.
As a thriller/work of fiction is was uninspiring. Silva's treatment of women is extremely problematic. The plot seemed like it was more influenced by the author's desire to have Allon travel the world than anything else. It felt like Silva started with a list of locations and themes he had to get in and then built a weak plot to connect those dots. Allon's trip to Argentina was particularly perplexing and seemed to halt the progression of the story.
This is a mediocre work of fiction.
This read was only valuable to me in that it exposed me to some new ideas and themes around the Holocaust like the complicity of the Catholic Church and the Austrian government in aiding Nazis running from justice.
As a thriller/work of fiction is was uninspiring. Silva's treatment of women is extremely problematic. The plot seemed like it was more influenced by the author's desire to have Allon travel the world than anything else. It felt like Silva started with a list of locations and themes he had to get in and then built a weak plot to connect those dots. Allon's trip to Argentina was particularly perplexing and seemed to halt the progression of the story.
This is a mediocre work of fiction.