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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The Paris Option- Chris Pavone This is my second attempt to read a book by the author. I didn’t like The Travelers, which I found to be disjointed and boring, and sadly the same was true, at least for me with this book. A number of reviewers like this author’s books so I am in the minority, but the characters in the book were uninteresting and the story unfolds painfully slowly. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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HTML:??The most clever plot twist of the year.???Washington Post ??I nominate Kate Moore, the protagonist of Chris Pavone??s sizzling new thriller The Paris Diversion, for patron saint of working wives and mothers everywhere.???Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review ??The Paris Diversion is the best espionage novel I??ve read this year. Smart, sophisticated and suspenseful, this is Pavone??s finest novel to date??and that??s saying something.???Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fool Me Once ??Deliciously twisty . . . This involving work has been skillfully engineered for maximum reader enjoyment.???The Wall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats. Kate Moore is back in a pulse-pounding thriller to discover that a massive terror attack across Paris is not what it seems??and that it involves her family American expat Kate Moore drops her kids at the international school, makes her rounds of chores, and meets her husband Dexter at their regular café: a leisurely start to a normal day, St-Germain-des-Prés. Across the Seine, tech CEO Hunter Forsyth stands on his balcony, wondering why his police escort just departed, and frustrated that his cell service has cut out; Hunter has important calls to make, not all of them technically legal. And on the nearby rue de Rivoli, Mahmoud Khalid climbs out of an electrician??s van and elbows his way into the crowded courtyard of the world??s largest museum. He sets down his metal briefcase, and removes his windbreaker. That??s when people start to scream. Everyone has big plans for the day. Dexter is going to make a small fortune, finally digging himself out of a deep financial hole, via an extremely risky investment. Hunter is going to make a huge fortune, with a major corporate acquisition that will send his company??s stock soaring. Kate has less ambitious plans: preparations for tonight??s dinner party??one of those homemaker obligations she still hasn??t embraced, even after a half-decade of this life??and an uneventful workday at the Paris Substation, the clandestine cadre of operatives that she??s been running, not entirely successfully, increasingly convinced that every day could be the last of her career. But every day is also a fresh chance to prove her own relevance, never more so than during today??s momentous events No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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I am not giving any spoilers. I was fascinated with the detail of devious behavior in this book as nearly every character has some level of evil that comes out. I had to laugh when the author in the acknowledgments states that he did not write this book as a terroristic manual. Maybe so, but he either has a very detailed cunning INTELLIGENT mind, or his detail to research is out of this world. I was very interested in how people succeed in being criminals and covering their tracks. To me, the story seemed so real. At first, it felt like a re-enactment of terroristic events in Paris, but then as I kept reading, I fully understood why the title is "The Paris Diversion." I am fascinated with the word "diversion". Prior to this book, I had finished a book by another author with a silly title that had nothing to do with the book. Yes, it offended my intelligence. This title neatly packages the summary and purpose of the story.
I was fascinated with all the stories, but I actually felt empathetic the most toward the suicide bomber and also his executioner. If you haven't read the book, that alone should tempt you to read it to wonder why I would say that. I also loved the ending. Not only was it unexpected, but after pages of evil and things that I could barely stomach, the ending was humanitarian. I love books with a happy ending. But yes, it was written so that there could be yet another book. I also love the idea that not every character was blinded to think that money was the solution to all the problems in the world. If this book doesn't make you want to hug your children and appreciate every moment of their lives, I don't know what would! ( )