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The Icon Thief (2012)

by Alec Nevala-Lee(Favorite Author)

3.14 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0451236203 (ISBN13: 9780451236203)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Signet

series

Icon Thief

review 1: This book was just okay. There seemed to be too many things going on, perhaps I was too distracted while reading. There were characters that came and went, and I did not feel attached to them, then they would disappear only to reappear after I had forgotten about them. I found the plot to have too many elements... Russian mob, art thieves, FBI, romance, etc. It tried too be too big. It was okay, but I didn't love it.
review 2: This book has it's pros and cons. It had an interesting premise, but sometimes took itself too seriously (like it was trying to be another DaVinci Code). One of the detectives in the novel was "mormon," which served absolutely no purpose to the story. Cliches were thrown around such as, "maybe she learned her skills on her mission... more" and she liked to eat green jello. It actually gave less credibility to the book. What was the point? Was the other detective a protestant, Catholic? Why did the author think it was pertinent to say she was a Mormon? The one redeeming point was this passage: "Pop music blared from a stereo in the corner: In every city and every nation from Lake Geneva to the Finland Station." So the author does have some good taste! less

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