Brian H

Overall, this book was a disappointment.  I also did not like the earlier Le Carre books with Smiley but was hoping this one would be good as it is in the 1001 must books to read before you die.  I found it slow and difficult to follow.  Maybe the movie would be better.

Overall, I enjoyed the book.  I liked the main character and his wisecracking personality.  Reminds me of Harlen Coben’s Myron Bolitar.  The story was easy to follow and had some nice unexpected twists.  My only complaint would be it could have been shorter, there was a fair amount of unnecessary info.  I listened to audio book, the narrator was excellent.

I tried to listen to this book on audio but found it very difficult to follow as the narrator spoke with a very strong English accent.  I highly recommend reading versus listening unless of course you are English.  I had to stop listening, first time ever.

I enjoyed the book.  While not a traditional thriller, it was suspenseful and held my interest the entire book.  There were many characters but the author did a great job developing each and had no trouble keeping track of the various stories.  I really liked how the author intertwined the character stories, all of them with many unexpected twists.

I thought the first half of the booked dragged as it took 200 pages for character development and some unnecessary info.  However, it picked up in the second half and was hard to put down.  So overall I enjoyed the book.  This was my first book by Finder and I plan to read more.

As usual, I really enjoyed the book.  I liked how the characters and relationships continue to grow.  I generally don’t like books with this type of crime but the author avoided gory descriptions of the crime.