Oct 26, 2023writermala rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This Gabriel Allon book by Daniel Silva lives up to its billing. It is somewhat prescient in that it deals with the crisis in the Middle East situation. Granted the players this time around are somewhat different but essentially it is…
Dec 22, 2021Bududo rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This novel weaves in the rise of MBS, the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, and Russian polonium poisoning of dissidents in Britain. The names and particulars are changed but there is enough…
Aug 29, 2020silyrabbt rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately I'm writing this comment having just finished reading his newest book, so that is dancing in my mind and complicating the isues of "The New Girl."
As with all Silva books, it was educational and entertaining throughout, but…
Aug 11, 2020Grandma007 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
have read all of Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon books except the newest. This book does not feel like his other books. The language Allon uses is different. More casual, joking. There is a lot of action, and parts are very exciting . …
Jul 18, 2020AnarS rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
An unusual story that commences with a school scenario, its prime focus being on the new affluent student, Jihan Tantavi; and Beatrice Kenton’s interest in her. Why had the character been obsessed to search for the student’s background?. …
May 07, 2020Bookworm1136 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
4 1/2 star read. This book was the 19th in Silva's excellent Gabriel Allon thriller series and was a great read. Allon is called in by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia after his young daughter was kidnapped. Gabriel is the only one who…
May 07, 2020Tdruid rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but I wish I had known it is the 21st book in the series! There were sooo many references to past missions, etc, about which I knew nothing. I always like to start at the beginning of a story & see how the characters &…
Nov 13, 2019Keogh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A compelling, character driven story of an unlikely alliance between Gabriel Allon and a Saudi prince (more sympathetic than his real-world counterpart), when the daughter of the latter is abducted and not all is as it seems. The Israeli…
Nov 07, 2019DanglingConversations rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Edmonton reader ( Aug 24 2019) has said it best:
"The real time politics & thinly veiled versions of actual world figures make this a gripping & timely read. But at the bottom of it all is a poignant & personal story line that reminds us…
Oct 11, 2019harrybosch rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is not one of Silva's best. Good but not great. I have read all of his books, some more than once, so I can claim to know his style very closely. Gabriel has changed a little in this, he is not normally a wise crack type of man,…
Oct 02, 2019DorisWaggoner rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
My first Silva thriller. Not sure if I'll read any more. It is indeed a page turner, well written, with some of the characters engaging, others not so much. Silva knows his stuff, including current events in the Middle East. But make…
Sep 16, 2019darladoodles rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Five explosive, off-the-chart stars for this latest Gabriel Allon thriller. Silva clearly has his finger on the pulse of world affairs and the reader is dropped right into the middle of true-to-life scenarios. You almost expect to turn on…
Sep 10, 201921221018327087 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I limped through the first 100 pages of the book (a book club choice) and desperately wanted to enjoy it. Instead I found it to be little more than a round the globe blow by blow account of a plethora of unengaging characters, none of…
Sep 06, 2019gloryb rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Silva's book immediately grabbed my attention with the focus of a kidnapping of a young girl attending a Swiss school. She is the daughter of a Saudi crown prince and is used by Russian agents as a ploy to get him to give up his position…
Aug 26, 2019Dub rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I have read them all and this novel made me think, been there, done that. There is so much of the same story lines...the word boilerplate comes to mind. If you have not read all the series up to this, the newest, then, by all means have…
Aug 24, 2019emerge rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
As with all series, you'll enjoy some instalments more than others. But I don't think Silva is capable of writing a bad book & for me, his novels are an annual must-read. He's a master story teller & this was one of the best of recent…
Aug 22, 2019maucarden rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Silva, whitewashes a terrible crime that MbS, crown prince of Saudi Arabia okayed, that of the murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post journalist who went into the Saudi Embassy in Turkey and came out in pieces. It's not even…
Aug 17, 2019pterry25 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Loads of fun. Some scenes were drawn from actual events. Silva pulls in characters from earlier novels. A lot of fun to read. It moves quickly. Can't wait for the next one.
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