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Just beautiful piece of literature. Dark, natural, and absolutely captivating. A book that teleports the reader into the living quarters of the main character.
I listened to the whole book and I found it to be well written and quite interesting. I think the story line and the visual images the author wanted us to see were great; however, I didn't really like the book because I could not relate to the story at any level at all. I really didn't care what would happen next; if I hadn't received the other disks in the mail I wouldn't have cared.
I liked the book because it was a refreshing change from Hollywood spy movies. The character was not a cinema movie hero, but very uncharismatic and plain and not very likeable. The story and the plot was very complex and therefore interesting. You never knew whom to trust. It painted a very dark and glum picture of life behind the iron curtain in the cold war. What I could not understand was why the main character was so loyal to a government and system that treated him so brutal and why he was so accepting of it. Still it was a good story, but very dark and depressing.