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Moscow Rules
by Daniel Silva
from Putnam Adult

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• No More Paperback Purchases Here.
  having recently discovered silva, i've read two books so far and enjoyed them. i went to my neighborhood bookstore and found that all the paperback editions had been changed to these long type format books, which are ridiculous, a waste of paper (what idiots thought this up?) but, of course, with a whopping $2 dollars added on to the price (oh, yeah. that's why!). there is NO WAY i am going to pay $9.99 for a paperback book, especially when trade paper has gotten so excessive in cost in the last few years.... more info

• Silva's heart must be in the Middle East!
  I was so excited to read this book, but somehow it was tepid at best. Perhaps the push to publish novels each year means that even an author as good as Silva cannot keep up the quality. This book lacks passion, and on the Middle East and its horrid conflicts, he is always so very engaged and instructive. MOSCOW RULES is flat, and there is nothing in it that says the author really knows Russia. I have, however, loved all the other books starring Gabriel Allon. Perhaps the next one will return to form.

• Cloying
  I have read all of Daniel Silva's novels and I believe his first (The Unlikely Spy) remains his best crafted, plotted, and most complicated and intriguing novel. With the Allon series, Silva has turned into a formula writer relying on his stock material and common clichés. Silva uses an omniscient point of view and his shifts can occasionally be confusing. His dialogue is often unrealistic, as when a woman states to Allon, "I'm afraid I've yet to find a countryman suitable for marriage and... more info

• Not so believable...particularly the Audio Version
  First, let me comment on the Audio.. It plain stinks. The reader uses some European stereotyped Jewish accent mixed with Russion for the Israeli characters...It makes them all sound evil.. It sounds ABSOLUTELY nothing like an Israeli accent. It changes the tone of the book to hear Israeli's talking like evil Russians with a Polish accent.. just horrible. And he did zero research. He said the word "Chuppah" (a wedding canopy) pronouncing the "ch" like the ch in "chair" instead of a "clear your throat" "H"... more info

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