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Sandi
Not up to the usual standards of this author's work. Only one character was interesting and smart and he had too small of a role. While the plot could have been fairly interesting, if the characters had not continuously done stupid things to propel it along, there was entirely too much focus on the MC's romances and the female characters were pretty laughable stereotypes. Listened to the audio which was read by Dick Hill who does male characters fine but his female characters and the love scenes ...more
Brian
Dec 07, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Not sure why authors always feel the need to include lewd material. It never adds anything to the book. If not for that it would have gotten 4 stars.
Patrick Schultheis
Wow - fantastic book. I coincidentally read it while I was visiting Amman, Jordan, which made it more compelling.

Great characters. Great plot - complex but not overly complicated. Ignatius is a wonderful writer.
Peter
May 31, 2016 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: spy
Too slow,horrible, should change name to"Book of Boredom!!". DNF ...more
James Mackenzie
Feb 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Vito L
Jun 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Suebob
Mar 29, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sayan Bhattacharya
Jul 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Michael Garin
Nov 29, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
George
Feb 22, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jim Crocker
Apr 17, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shiv
Aug 05, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Michael Martz
Jul 02, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Stacey B
Aug 02, 2018 rated it liked it
John
Aug 10, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Vince
Jun 11, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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