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Ladataan... Jasmine's Tortoise (2007)Tekijä: Corinne Souza
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. Spanning 40 years and showing how three families become entwined in international politics and espionage, this debut novel is brimful of characters and historical detail. If anything, there is perhaps a little too much crammed in. Initially, I found it a difficult book to settle into but it developed into a fairly pacey read. Unfortunately its sheer breadth of scope and myriad plot intricacies meant that some of the characters were not fully developed. This didn’t spoil my enjoyment of the book on the thriller level but there was a lost opportunity to write a novel that made better use of the author’s knowledge of the world she depicts. The morality of recruiting children into the murky world of espionage is a wonderful central theme for a book and it was a shame that this wasn’t explored at a deeper level. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. Corinne Souza's first novel starts in London in 2002 and then leaps back to Iraq in the 60's ... the prologue introduces you to a vast cast of characters but the pace of the novel means we do get to know the main protagonists very quickly.The book is a politcal and historical exploration of espionage that is obviously bolstered by her understanding of politics and Middle East/Western spy culture; it is plot driven with some intriguing twists and turns. I found myself wondering how true to real events might this be - the world of political intrigue is portrayed as murky, cut throat, and decidedly unpleasant. This is an enjoyable read but the characters are not fleshed out in depth - I can understand the reasoning as more focus on the huge cast may well have slowed down the story telling but feel some of the characters were a little too stereo-typed. If you have any interest in recent world events or just enjoy intriguing contemporary thrillers then there is much to enjoy in reading this book. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. This is the first fiction novel by Corinne Souza, & my first Early Reviewer. I found it pretty hard going to start with, so many characters!. I'm glad I persevered through the first few chapters. The story is set in Baghdad & London. As the novel opened up, it became a very intriguing story, with many twists & turns, spanning nearly 40 years. At times it got a little confusing as to who was lying to whom, but on the whole a good read. Looking forward to the next Corinne Souza novel. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. A story with its beginning in 1960's Iraq which followed several families, undercover agents and politicians through to the early 21st century. I liked the cast of families/characters introduced in the first part of the book - they were well-described and interesting. I also found the contrast between Iraq in the 1960's and the country today fascinating and sad. With such a promising start to the novel I was disappointed that the book seemed to lose its way in the middle section, where the espionage and politics became confusing and ended up masking the plot. It was only right at the very end that the story picked up again, but by then it was really too late. As a niggly point, I was irritated by the use of the word 'passed' (verb) instead of 'past' (adverb) - this happened twice, and 'chose' instead of 'choose' - three times! What was the editor doing? ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Blending historical detail with fiction, a huge cast is introduced as the narrative tracks the enduring friendship between three families: Anglo-Indian Roman Catholic traders of Mesopotamia, a Jewish family of Britain and Iraq, and a mixed Sinni-Shia Iraq clan. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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All told a good book but not a great book, an author with more than buckets of talent but with much more to offer. ( )