Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The English Spy |
| author | Daniel Silva |
| ISBN-10 | 0-062-32014-9 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-062-32014-8 |
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| date | 2018-Nov-30 |
Obviously, this is a book in a whole series and it is not the first one of the series. Nevertheless, it was easy enough to follow and absolutely fine to be read "standalone". I like the writing style. There are no characters who hold long monologues, their conversations are brief and to the point. Most of the sentences are kept short, as are the chapters. This fits very well to the action loaded story.
After a certain incident, two master spies, Gabriel Allon and Christopher Keller, are asked to go after one of the best bomb makers in the world, Eamon Quinn, an ex IRA man who is now selling his services to whomever pays well enough. Both, Gabriel and Keller hold personal grudges against Quinn because of some happenings in the past in which Quinn played an important role. So the hunt is more than just a job. Also for Quinn.
The story has twists and turns, which are unexpected. You definitely can't predict the story or outcome after reading a few chapters. Very entertaining.
