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Steve Goble
Apr 04, 2015 rated it did not like it
Shelves: mysteries-and-espionage, did-not-finish
I barely got past a hundred pages. This was my first Ludlum. I know he has sold a lot of books, but this one lost me early on. Events move at a rapid clip, but the dialogue is hackneyed, the infodumps pf background are not artfully handled and there is nothing to make me like any of the characters. I suppose I am spoiled by John Le Carre and Graham Greene.

I checked a few online lists of "Ludlum's best novels" and this one did not make the cut on any of them. I won't judge Ludlum by just one book ...more
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Peter
Aug 15, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: spy, thriller
Have read before, a good read.
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James Mackenzie
Nov 19, 2009 rated it liked it
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Dec 27, 2011 rated it liked it
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Bernie Dushane
Oct 24, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 27, 2013 rated it really liked it
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May 29, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Feb 15, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Aug 30, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 03, 2023 marked it as to-read
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