Marcia C. reviewed on + 670 more book reviews
This novel starts off great, with suspense, a smart-alecky narrator and an exotic setting/ It also finishes up in an exciting way. But in the middle it sags.
Also, I'm not sure when the novel was supposed to take place, but the storytelling is shot through with anti-Castro hysteria that seems out of place today, unless you actually are a Cuban refugee from the 1950s. I don't believe Cuban police are torturing foreigners these days (if they ever did), but this is brought up constantly as a realistic possibility, and that's just one example.
On the whole, I would not recommend this one if you have other thrillers to read.
Also, I'm not sure when the novel was supposed to take place, but the storytelling is shot through with anti-Castro hysteria that seems out of place today, unless you actually are a Cuban refugee from the 1950s. I don't believe Cuban police are torturing foreigners these days (if they ever did), but this is brought up constantly as a realistic possibility, and that's just one example.
On the whole, I would not recommend this one if you have other thrillers to read.
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