The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Unlikely Spy
Book Review: Excellent WWII Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
Great first effort by Daniel Silva. Atmospheric, intriguing and fast paced. It takes you back in time and allows you to get a first hand feeling of life in Europe in the 1940s during war times. Someone mentioned this book is a clone of Ken Follet's "Eye of the Needle"; maybe so, but it stands on its own.
If you like World War II espionage thrillers pick up this one and enjoy the ride!
Book Review: Excellent!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book starts out a little slow, but interesting. Now the more you read, the more you like it and off course the ending is great!!!Book Review: Good WWII spy novel- based on historical facts
Summary: 3 Stars
This was Daniel Silva's first novel and it shows how far he has come since then. It is well written, but not evenly paced- plodding at times. When you compare it with "Messenger" Silva's ability clearly shines and has developed dramatically. They truely are incomparable!
I read this book and almost quit reading his books, but a friend encouraged me to try one of his Allon, character books. So I read on and am glad that I did.
Don't get me wrong this is not a bad book! There are interesting twists within his tale but it won't keep you on the edge like his later works. I would go so far as to say don't judge Silva's talent on this book because it would be woefully understated. You really need to get to his Allon books to truely see what a wonderful wordsmith he is.
Book Review: Good book, 3.5 stars could have been a 5 star!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I have become a huge Daniel Silva fan, and that grows with every book I read by him.
This book is long (a tad too long), and hence is not up to the typical pace of Daniel Silva but still very interesting and entertaining. I think the book would have had better pace and drama minus 100 pages of supporting characters person relationships and dialog that just slowed it down; in fact, I think the book would have been better split into two books. Book one could have been about the early years with Alfred Vicary and how he found his first spy and set up the double spy network to feed the Germans false information (which was alluded to, not explored in detail in this book). Then the second book could deal with the "Unlikely Spy" and both books could have been exciting page turners.
Book Review: Great World War II spy novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Exciting, great details about London and Europe during WWII.
Fun to read.