The Tourist Audiobook

" Not a lot of substance, but a great spy thriller/page-turner. Can't wait to read the sequel. "

" Great book - lots of action. "

" A tremendous effort, and a wonderful achievement. I found it both credible and entertaining. Wow! "

" Loved it. Really loved it. More than I thought I could love a spy novel loved it. "

" Fun spy novel. Perfect beach read. "

" page turner, can't wait to start the sequel "

" This book is as good as promised. Good characters and a fun plot that keeps you guessing as to how it will all turn out. It was good enough that I went and bought the sequel in hardback after finishing this one. Good stuff. Fans of the spy genre will be very satisfied. Check it out! "

" Too much gratuitous swearing. You would think an author with a gift of words could learn to express his/her sentiments w/o resorting to the lowest level of speech. "

" 3.5. Took a while to get a feel for the characters. "

" A great start, but I think the second book is even better. "

" Very well plotted spy novel. Lots of misdirection. "

" This came highly recommended and I was surprised that I never really got into the story or the characters. I was hoping for something like Dragon Tattoo, but I guess I need to come to terms that nothing ever will compare. Exotic locations, sure, but not such a mystery and not so thrilling, "

" Excellent book about being a spy - a secret spy (u.s. calls them tourists). Who can you trust? How do you have a family with all of these secrets? Keeps you guessing until the end. Excellent! "

" It was an okay spy novel. I don't know if the problem was that I was busy so took a long time to read it or it was just okay. Enjoyable but I wouldn't rush out to buy. (Also not the same plot as the fairly current movie of the same name w/ Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp...) "

" A must read if you like spy novels. Looking forward to the rest of this series! "

" This book has a lot of twists and turns and I have to admit I did not see what happened in the last 50 or so pages coming. A great thriller where nothing and nobody is ever who they seem or appear to be. "

" A good entertainment read, in the spirit of John LeCarre. It's not a simple good guy versus bad guy story. Things are more nuanced than that, which I appreciated. "

" Good enough for the plane. Mostly made me miss Le Carre's Cold War writing. "

" This is a good spy novel. I will review shortly. "

" Dunia mata-mata, jadi pengen tahu gimana rasanya setelah baca buku ini.... "

" Really not a fan of this book. I like crime/murder mystery novels, but I think that this had too much of a historical perspective. "

" This book kickstarts Steinhauer's 5-part series of crime/spy/literary/whatever novels about a fictional Soviet satellite nation during the Cold War. Wonderful, smart, engaging. "

" This was not good. In fact this Eastern European crime series is not good. Two books were enough to convince me of that. Whatever changed in this author's life that produced the last two books was significant. "

" I bit hard to get through. "

" Evokes the paranoia of immediate post-war Europe. Well written, except for the acknowledgment page. (Annoyingly bad prose) "

" Terrific start to a 5 volume series in the post WWII, eastern European region. "

" Very good book for a first novel. Obvious in this book that Steinhauer is a major talent. "

" Really liked the moodiness and sense of place. That bumped a so-so plot up to 4 stars. "

" Eastern European homicide detective solves first murder in post-war country. Good read. "

" Good, but, like The Tourist, very slow to start. The pacing here is a little bit less even, with too much piled up against the end of the novel, and some less-than-plausible twists to keep the protagonist alive, but still fairly interesting. "