Alan Furst

Advantages: A tense, thrilling tale that is steeped in history.
Disadvantages: Can tend to get a bit confusing.

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Advantages: another great novel by patterson
Disadvantages: none

...as with any of pattersons novels this is a sure winner and i would reccomend this to current fans and newbies aswell as soon as i got a few pages unto the furst chapter i could not put this book down i had to stay up through the whole night to finish it . yet another great storyline with fantastic characters that have you hooked into the insight of there whole lives . i got so into this fantastic thriller that i felt like i was right in ther with them going through the same emotions and traumers that the characters themselves where going through. please do not punish yourself by passing up the opportunity to read such a well written and fantastic novel otherwise you willl regret it as with any other one of his novels... Read review

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Advantages: the depth of the character, believable and each unique
Disadvantages: None i can think of

...Although the characters are finctional,grounded no doubt on Alan's past experience and chance meetings,They are colourful, bright and full of life. Each of the monologues are unique to the next, Bennett creates a world of his own allowing the reader to see through the eyes of his characters and gain an insight into their, more often than not, tragic lives. The alcoholic Vicar's wife, the lady with the dead husband, financially ruined yet continues, All the characters have tragedies, whether this is intentional on Alan Bennett's part or sheer coincedence, when you read this book, the colouful language, the minute discription, attention to detail.allows this book to touch your heart, allows you to identify with the characters and to become inveloped in the world that Alan Bennett created. A marvellous piece of literature... Read review

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