I Am Pilgrim

[CtrlAltDelicious]

My brother's girlfriend and I have quite similar reading tastes and this weekend she recommended I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Has anyone read it? I don't want to read any potential spoilers on Amazon but I gather it's some kind of crime/thriller, which I love, but very long!

[Tryingtokeepalidonit]

An enjoyable yarn, worth reading.

[bamboostalks]

Crackin read. Well worth it.

[Georgethesecond]

It's a good read, though at the start the death is lingered on a bit too much for my liking.

[MissesandMuddles]

Enjoyable but I got frustrated by how far-fetched and unbelievable the plot was at times.

[iwantkhaleesiseyebrows]

Best book I've read for a long time. DH, DSis, FIL, BIL and step dad borrowed my copy and loved it too!

[CtrlAltDelicious]

Thank you all!! I shall be buying this as soon I get paid.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

I thought it was absolutely dreadful, and gave up reading it half way through. Clearly I'm in a minority though!

[CtrlAltDelicious]

Oh no! Why was that, Remus? (Without spoilers, if possible!!)

[paulapantsdown]

I enjoyed it mostly, but it got totally daft (as a lot of thrillers do) by the end.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Disclaimer: I am an English teacher, and dreadfully fussy!

I thought it was poorly written and poorly structured. The opening chapter was okay, but after that there were pages and pages (and pages and pages and pages) of back story. English teachers talk about, 'Showing not telling' but this was all telling. I found it all very tedious and just couldn't engage with the central character or his life story.

It wasn't for me, but that doesn't mean that others shouldn't read it. I have friends who really enjoyed it.

[CtrlAltDelicious]

AAAAGH - is that big post full of spoilers?!

[NoelHeadbands]

Yeah....but apart from that though Cote

[CoteDAzur]

Umm... I don't think so. Nothing pertinent to the plot anyway.

[CoteDAzur]

Apart from all that... it was pretty OK

[Laquila]

I enjoyed it - it won't win the Pulitzer, but it was a good page-turner.

Cote I'm confused - I always thought Bodrum was in Mugla province, and Wiki seems to agree:

"Bodrum (Turkish pronunciation: [?bod?um]) is a district and a port city in Mu?la Province"

Is it possible it's a question of translation?

[bamboostalks]

IT was the business of the mirror, photos and lightening that had me a but sceptical.