The Child 44 Trilogy: Child 44 (Series #1) (Paperback)

from richardderus

Rating: 4* of five The Book Report: In the Socialist Worker's Paradise that is 1953 Russia, There Is No Crime. (Sorry, I know that all the caps are like having your lashes tweezed, but this is the Soviet Union we're talking about, and everything is A Slogan.) The proletariat is blissfully free of...

from scuzzy

In Auckland over the last week or so I didn't take a book with me which almost is as distressing as not having my beloved iPhone. Thankfully the darling Kelly had a collection close to the National Library and she offered one nondescript looking paperback and duly I set about reading it. And what...

from ladycato

I don't usually read thrillers, but something about the concept of Child 44 grabbed me. I was born in 1980. The Soviet Union was the big bad guy. I haven't read much on the subject of communist Russia, and this book seemed like a good opportunity. Wow, was it ever. I was hooked within the first p...

from nohablo

Ok, so it's not Tolstoy, bit it's still a very competent, very deft thriller. Smarter and grimmer than your average and propelled by a rusty, andriod Soviet heart. WRITING WISE: Eh. Plenty of cliches and a lot of predigested prose. CHILD 44 is pretty much prefabricated for the big screen and has ...

from YossarianXeno

This is an accomplished debut novel, achieving the rare trick of maintaining the pace of a thriller and a sense of historical realism. The lead character, an MGB (forerunner of the KGB) agent has all his preconceptions challenged as his world is turned upside down when he is asked by his boss to ...