Book Review #119
Paris Spring
by James Naughtie
Despite some good descriptive writing, this is a second rate spy novel with many of the chapters ending on a melodramatic or hyperbolic note promising a lot but ultimately leading to a letdown. Also, there is virtually no suspense and no action, though there is a lot of padding. The editor could have cut about a hundred pages. I am being generous giving it a three star rating. I'd give it two and a half if I could. But the final conversation/confrontation between the lead character and his adversary was nicely written, so I'll be generous in spite of a mostly slow slog of a read towards a rather uneventful conclusion.
by James Naughtie
Despite some good descriptive writing, this is a second rate spy novel with many of the chapters ending on a melodramatic or hyperbolic note promising a lot but ultimately leading to a letdown. Also, there is virtually no suspense and no action, though there is a lot of padding. The editor could have cut about a hundred pages. I am being generous giving it a three star rating. I'd give it two and a half if I could. But the final conversation/confrontation between the lead character and his adversary was nicely written, so I'll be generous in spite of a mostly slow slog of a read towards a rather uneventful conclusion.
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