Leo Demidov (3 books in series)
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review 1: I thoroughly enjoyed Child 44, the first of this trilogy, and eagerly started The Secret Speech anticipating a similar mystery with an equally exciting twist...I was a little disappointed. Although this story picks up right where Child 44 leaves off, there really isn't much of a...
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review 1: This was a hard read, Smith has a way of putting you in the front seat, like at a movie theatre, strapping you down and holding you there to you can barely take it anymore...never letting you go fully until the end. All 3 of the book in this series, take you through one of the ro...
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review 1: I read "The Secret Speech" only a few weeks after finishing Tom Rob Smith's first installment, "Child 44," and think my interpretation of "Secret Speech" suffered from the proximity. While I enjoyed the book, it felt too similar -- and less enthralling by comparison -- than the o...