Friday, March 19, 2010

The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer

I really cannot decide how many stars to give this one....
R- 2? maybe?

Sigh.

I'm not sure if it's me or the book, you know?

I'm nine freaking months pregnant..... probably not a great time for a complex thriller without much in the way of happy endings.

Milo used to be a "Tourist"-- a CIA spook basically.  Suddenly old cases and details start surfacing, forcing him back into that life.... the life that nearly killed him.

Not a bad story.  It would certainly make an interesting movie... kind of Bourne-ish.  (According the the about the author, Warner Brothers have optioned the rights-- apparently putting George Clooney in the lead role.  I can't see that part.  For one, Clooney's too old.  The oldest Milo is in the book is 37 or so.  Weird choice.)

Anyway, a movie would have to tighten things up.... which I think it needed.

But again, I'm nine months pregnant and I've been reading mostly fluff and Nancy Drew, so what do I know?  My brain has turned to mush.

No, really.  It has.  :)

What do you do with a book you can't decide about?  Read it again another time?  Write it off?  Ask others if they've read it?  It's gonna bug me.....

This is a Reader's Choice book and counts for the Support Your Local Library Challenge!

2 comments:

  1. That's hard. There are so many great books out there that it's hard to read an "ehh" book again because you think you might have missed something. I would say leave it for now and if someday in a few years you have a hankerin' for a thriller, try it again. Or maybe if they do make a movie you could read it again. My guess is with the baby now here you'll soon forget all about it.

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  2. Yeah I'm thinking even watching the movie could work better and improve my feeligs, since a movie would HAVE to move faster.

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