The strength of While Israel Slept is the few pages at the end. A hard look at where Israel screwed up and did not realize that an attack was imminent.
Fever covers a lot of areas, the iconic dancing at Brooklyn’s disco, disco floor, excellent choreography, soundtrack and the effect it had on pop culture
There are many interesting ideas in Technofeudalism , including how traditional capitalists are going to simply be vassals to big tech
The whole series is very clever, and sweeping epic of tradition, faith and its disillusionment, as well as a good dose of humor and banter.
I enjoyed An Inside Job by Daniel Silva, it’s a good art thriller with the feel of a cozy mystery. I appreciate Allon’s post-espionage career,
What I like about Grisham’s novels is that they have guts, they’re trying to say something while giving the reader a good overview of what law means
Once again, the characters are drawn very well, many are likable, and others are interesting-some are both. Britt-Marie, the protagonist, is very amusing,
A Bookseller in Madrid has a ton of great information about Spanish politics and geopolitics of the time, an angle I haven’t read about before
There’s a lot happening in Songs for the Deaf by Kenneth A. Silver, from economic issues, politics, history, and morality all in the post Vietnam War era
This is a good book, not one of Grisham’s best but certainly far from his worst. There aren’t many twists in the traditional sense, there is suspense