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Much better than I expected. While a WWII spy novel is not the author’s usual style, her ability to paint a scene and bring her characters to life still shine through. My main complaint was the abrupt ending. I really wish D. E. Stevenson had embraced the epilogue in her writing.
I few years ago I discovered a D.E. Stevenson novel called The Empty World. It was her attempt at a dystopian story and completely unlike her cozy light novels. But I really liked it.
Crooked Adam is also unlike her normal fare since it is a spy novel set during WWII. There was a little too much melodrama and the writing was not on par with her other books. (Frankly, if I didn't hold Stevenson in such high esteem, I probably would not have finished it.) I assumed it had been written early in her ...more
Crooked Adam is also unlike her normal fare since it is a spy novel set during WWII. There was a little too much melodrama and the writing was not on par with her other books. (Frankly, if I didn't hold Stevenson in such high esteem, I probably would not have finished it.) I assumed it had been written early in her ...more
A spy novel is not D.E. Stevenson's métier, and while it got a bit exciting in the last half, it wasn't terribly memorable.
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A solid 4.5+.
Crooked Adam takes the reader back in time to the early years of WWII. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the relatively quick pace of the plot, and the spy/thriller genre a la Stevenson. A lovely read!
Crooked Adam takes the reader back in time to the early years of WWII. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the relatively quick pace of the plot, and the spy/thriller genre a la Stevenson. A lovely read!
Mar 07, 2020
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Feb 07, 2022
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