HjemGrupperSnakMereZeitgeist
Søg På Websted
På dette site bruger vi cookies til at levere vores ydelser, forbedre performance, til analyseformål, og (hvis brugeren ikke er logget ind) til reklamer. Ved at bruge LibraryThing anerkender du at have læst og forstået vores vilkår og betingelser inklusive vores politik for håndtering af brugeroplysninger. Din brug af dette site og dets ydelser er underlagt disse vilkår og betingelser.

Resultater fra Google Bøger

Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books

Rasputin's Shadow (A Templar Novel) af…
Indlæser...

Rasputin's Shadow (A Templar Novel) (original 2013; udgave 2014)

af Raymond Khoury (Forfatter)

Serier: Last Templar (4)

MedlemmerAnmeldelserPopularitetGennemsnitlig vurderingOmtaler
320980,910 (3.57)3
Joined by Russian FSB agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva, FBI agent Sean Reilly investigates the apparent suicide of a Russian embassy attache and uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back in time to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.… (mere)
Medlem:evert
Titel:Rasputin's Shadow (A Templar Novel)
Forfattere:Raymond Khoury (Forfatter)
Info:Signet Books (2014), 528 pages
Samlinger:Skal læses
Vurdering:
Nøgleord:Ingen

Work Information

Rasputin's Shadow af Raymond Khoury (2013)

Ingen
Indlæser...

Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog.

Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.

» Se også 3 omtaler

Viser 1-5 af 9 (næste | vis alle)
Suspense
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
Found this an enjoyable read. It was well written with a well thought out story line. The reason for only 3 stars is the it was mundane and did not really pull me into the story. If you have enjoyed previous Raymond Khoury books you will enjoy this one but it just doesn't have the edge some of his better novels do. ( )
  can44okie | Aug 28, 2020 |
Some of it was a little hard to follow, but mostly the same action as the previous titles. ( )
  AnnaHernandez | Oct 17, 2019 |
I was searching for a novel to read for my June selection for the Year of the Asian reading challenge; my original pick ended up in the did-not-finish pile. Thankfully, I stumbled over the Raymond Khoury thriller Rasputin’s Shadow on the shelves of my local library. Rasputin and his influence in the Russian revolution has always interested me, so the title grabbed my eye. I didn’t know this was number four in a series. Even so, it works fine as a standalone, so don’t feel that you must read books #1-3 before this one.

What I liked:

1. The thrills

Khoury excels at ratcheting up the tension. He seems to know exactly when to end each scene or chapter: the point of highest tension. He raises the stakes. And raises them . . . and raises them . . . and raises them even more.

2. Sean Reilly’s voice

Not his physical voice, obviously. But the way he narrates his sections of the story is appealing. At turns he’s wry, frustrated, angry, and horrified. He never loses his humanity or empathy for others, even when dealing with the horrors of his job.

There’s not much narrative about his family, which is unfortunate as I would’ve liked to have seen him interact with his lover, Tess, and her daughter and his son. People who’ve read the previous novels by Raymond Khoury might be disappointed at this; apparently his family (especially Tess) played a larger role in previous books. It didn’t matter as much to me. I would’ve liked more, but what I saw showed Reilly’s tender side.

3. The historical sections and Sokolov’s background

Sokolov’s background is heart-rending, grim, and fascinating. When as a child he finds a decades’ old journal of his grandfather, the contents–which we read throughout the book–grab his mind and light his imagination. Khoury notes in the afterward that everything in the historical sections of the book actually happened. (He fabricated the journal-writer, though.) Rasputin was one nasty guy. The title is apt. Rasputin’s shadow: he certainly cast a long shadow over the Russian people.

Sokolov has a horrible background. He’s not entirely sympathetic. Yet he loves “his Daphne” and is completely devoted to her safety.

What I didn’t like

For a story that constantly raised the stakes, the actual climax fell flat to me. I also felt that several characters could’ve been better developed: Larisa, in particular, didn’t feel as real or deep as she could’ve been; she felt like "generic female spy with gorgeous body." (Why must ALL fictional female spies have terrific bodies?!) That’s unfortunate, as she’s a vital part of the story.

My verdict? Four stars. It was good, enjoyable, and intriguing. But I felt like something was lacking. ( )
  MeredithRankin | Jun 18, 2019 |
Story loosely connected to Rasputin. As a mystery, fairly well paced, with some diversion into Russian history. ( )
  Pmaurer | Nov 18, 2017 |
Viser 1-5 af 9 (næste | vis alle)
ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse

Belongs to Series

Du bliver nødt til at logge ind for at redigere data i Almen Viden.
For mere hjælp se Almen Viden hjælpesiden.
Kanonisk titel
Originaltitel
Alternative titler
Oprindelig udgivelsesdato
Personer/Figurer
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
Vigtige steder
Vigtige begivenheder
Beslægtede film
Indskrift
Tilegnelse
Første ord
Citater
Sidste ord
Oplysning om flertydighed
Forlagets redaktører
Bagsidecitater
Originalsprog
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder.

Wikipedia på engelsk

Ingen

Joined by Russian FSB agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva, FBI agent Sean Reilly investigates the apparent suicide of a Russian embassy attache and uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back in time to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.

No library descriptions found.

Beskrivelse af bogen
Haiku-resume

Current Discussions

Ingen

Populære omslag

Quick Links

Vurdering

Gennemsnit: (3.57)
0.5
1 1
1.5
2 3
2.5
3 8
3.5 6
4 16
4.5 1
5 3

Er det dig?

Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter.

 

Om | Kontakt | LibraryThing.com | Brugerbetingelser/Håndtering af brugeroplysninger | Hjælp/FAQs | Blog | Butik | APIs | TinyCat | Efterladte biblioteker | Tidlige Anmeldere | Almen Viden | 203,228,694 bøger! | Topbjælke: Altid synlig