pickSlowly catching up on my #NetGalley backlog by purchasing and listening to the audiobook versions of already released books. 🤦🏻♀️ This was a solid spy thriller that I found engaging, timely, well-written, and enjoyable. Not as high-intensity as Gregg Hurwitz‘s Orphan X novels, but with a quiet grace similar to John le Carre. I will definitely look for more by Henry Porter.
so-soHenry Porter‘s stand-alone spy thriller is a timely affair set against the backdrop of the European migration crisis and taking on board the horrors perpetrated by ISIS during the Syrian civil war. However although Porter has clearly done his research, the characters here (with the exception of Naji) have a stock feel to them and the plot is predictable, so that while I did keep turning the pages, I wasn‘t as gripped as I wanted to be.
pickThe author does a good job of conveying the potential horrors and dangers that a young person would face on such a journey. Naji is a fascinating character but when it came to Paul Samson (the ex-MI6 agent), I was not so enamoured. Overall though, it is a good read. Rating: 4 🌟
Thanks to Netgalley and publishers, Quercus Books, for the opportunity to review an ARC.
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