Una tempesta qualunque

Stop me if you‘ve heard this one before. An innocent person discovers someone who has just been murdered, and then they stupidly pick up the weapon, end up covered in blood and then they’re accused of the crime. That scene has played out so many times in pop entertainment that I think anyone with mo Leggi tutto

Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd started off really well for me but ended up being a little disappointing. It started off as a 4 star effort, as the main character - Adam (alias John) - got himself into a real pickle by no fault of his own. He then made a series of decisions that were kind of

I recently finished reading William Boyd's latest novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms. It took me forever because I kept abandoning it then picking it up again. I mean, surely it couldn't be that awful all the way through to the final page. Could it? Well, no. Somehow, it actually got worse before disappe Leggi tutto

Readers who pick up Ordinary Thunderstorms, having not read William Boyd before, expecting a high octane chase thriller through the tough streets of London maybe disappointed. For me, William Boyds intention is to amuse as well as thrill reading like one of Graham Greenes 'entertainments' with a Dic Leggi tutto

Βαθμολογία: ★★★ Ένα μυθιστόρημα με αρκετή αγωνία, καλογραμμένους χαρακτήρες και ενδιαφέρουσα πλοκή. Δυστυχώς δεν κατάφερα να ξεπεράσω ότι ολόκληρο το βιβλίο βασίζεται σε μια εντελώς ηλίθια απόφαση του πρωταγωνιστή στις πρώτες σελίδες. Leggi tutto

Ωραία ιστορία στη σύλληψη και στη βάση της,έδωσε το στίγμα των "πρακτικών" που ακολουθούνται από φαρμακοβιομηχανίες πολυεθνικού χαρακτήρα και πόσο αδίστακτοι μπορούν να γίνουν οι εμπλεκόμενοι.Αρκετά δυνατό ήταν και ό,τι αφορούσε τον κεντρικό ήρωα,παρόλα αυτά,το διαδικαστικό κομμάτι της αστυνομικής έ Leggi tutto