Thursday, February 28, 2013

Eye Of The Needle


Author - Ken Follett
Genre - Fiction, Thriller, Espionage, Spy, WW2

Source - Audiobook
Rating - 5

Feb 2013
Everyone should stop bothering to write thrillers after this book. Robert, yes. Fred, John G, yes, all of you. This is the definitive thriller.  

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Norwegian Wood

Author - Haruki Murakami
Genre - Fiction
Source - Audiobook
Rating - 4 (skewered towards 3. A 3.8-ish 4)
Feb 2013
 
Not crazy about it. It was nice, wonderful even, to visit the world of Toru Watanabe. But it didn't evoke great feelings either way. Little aftertaste.

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Brotherhood of the Rose

Author - David Morrell
Genre - Fiction, Thriller
Source - Audiobook
Rating - 4
Feb 2013
As Ludlum-esque as a non-Ludlum book can get. And one of the top 5 thrillers read, all time. Slightly unsatisfactory ending, though.