" If I could, I'd actually give this book 3 1/2 stars. Surprised by how much I actually liked it. This was my first foray into Nicholas Evans--never read The Horse Whisperer. I have to say, I enjoyed my reading experience. The book is a tad lengthy (499 pages), and at times it felt unnecessarily long. The story of an unlikely perky college student turned terrorist was interesting, and the characters all felt very human to me, and I liked that. I was a bit disappointed in the narrative flow of the book. The ending is essentially written first and the rest tells the story of how it got there. Sometimes I think this can really rob a story of its mystery and suspense, and in this care it wounded it, but didn't completely kill it for me. Not a book I'd have chosen on my own, but one I didn't mind reading, either. "
— Jess, 1/30/2014