Hard to get out of the car while it's still going.
USA Today said "Follett ratchets up the Richter scale of suspense." Well, a reviewer should say something good! I enjoyed listening to this story.
But I am always on tenterhooks with anything Follett writes--I've come to expect something good. Even with themes that by now are pretty tired, he is still able to keep your attention with good character definition and just a hint of secrecy about what is going to happen next. The suspense is not so much that you have to look in the back of the book to find out the ending, but it is a great listen while commuting.
The only thing I did not really care for is that the plot revolves around the launching of a rocket from Cape Canaveral in January 1958, and Follett keeps dropping in paragraphs about the rocket itself. I can't think if he explained "Code to Zero," but we assume it is the countdown to takeoff.
The ending is predictable. The good guy finds enough of his memory to make a new start, the bad guys (Communists, of course) are captured, the rocket launches, and we know what happens to the US space program from history. :) AND, you have had an enjoyable commute.
But I am always on tenterhooks with anything Follett writes--I've come to expect something good. Even with themes that by now are pretty tired, he is still able to keep your attention with good character definition and just a hint of secrecy about what is going to happen next. The suspense is not so much that you have to look in the back of the book to find out the ending, but it is a great listen while commuting.
The only thing I did not really care for is that the plot revolves around the launching of a rocket from Cape Canaveral in January 1958, and Follett keeps dropping in paragraphs about the rocket itself. I can't think if he explained "Code to Zero," but we assume it is the countdown to takeoff.
The ending is predictable. The good guy finds enough of his memory to make a new start, the bad guys (Communists, of course) are captured, the rocket launches, and we know what happens to the US space program from history. :) AND, you have had an enjoyable commute.
