Home  |  Payment Methods  |  Shipping  |  Safe Shopping
Categories

BOOKS

Arts & Photography
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Investing
Children's Books
Comics & Graphic Novels
Computers & Internet
Cooking, Food & Wine
Engineering
Entertainment
Gay & Lesbian
Health, Mind & Body
History
Home & Garden
Horror
Law
Literature & Fiction
Medicine
Mystery & Thrillers
Nonfiction
Outdoors & Nature
Parenting & Families
Professional & Technical
Reference
Religion & Spirituality
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sports
Teens
Travel

MAGAZINES

Arts & Crafts
Automotive
Bridal
Business & Finance
Children's
Computer & Internet
Electronics & Audio
Entertainment
Family & Parenting
Fashion & Style
Food & Gourmet
Games & Hobbies
Gay & Lesbian
Health & Fitness
History
Home & Garden
International
Lifestyle & Cultures
Literary
Men's Interest
Music
News & Politics
Newspapers
Pets
Professional & Trade
Religion & Spirituality
Science & Nature
Spanish-Language
Sports & Leisure
Teens
Travel & Regional
Women's Interest


Advertisement
Getfreeebooks Shop Saturday, November 22nd 2008

Eye of The Needle

Eye of The Needle
List Price: $13.95
Our Price: $7.67
Your Save: $ 6.28 ( 45% )
Availability: N/A

Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

Buy it now at Amazon.com!

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 339
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Related Items

Editorial Reviews:

One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle" -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory.

Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.

All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.


Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Suspense, Some Sex, and then Some More
Comment: "Eye of the Needle" is the novel that got me hooked on the suspense genre. This World War II thriller set in London and then a remote island off the coast of Great Britain is rich with spy lore, intrigue, fact-based characters, and features some of the most sizzling scenes ever depicted in a spy novel, as well as one of the most memorable grand finales ever to grace the pages of a thriller.

This was Follett at his very best, and is well worth reading or rereading.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Follett Set the Standard for the WW2 Thriller Genre with "Die Nadel"
Comment: Ken Follet wrote this book and came out of the gates as the leader contender in the World War II Thriller category. Eventually, it was made into a pretty good movie with Donald Sutherland. Why did I think it was such a good book?

(1) He established that Hitler is weighing the need for information on the Allies intentions on the Western front. If Hitler can predict - and foil - the Allies invasion so the theory goes, then he can throw his Western divisions against the Communist onslaught in the East.

(2) Intimate Plotting - the plot revolves around the German spy (codename: "Needle" or Die Nadel), a woman and the investigator. By bringing into a real, intimate forum, the character jump off the page . He uses a neat triangulation of destiny to finally fulfill the suspense and premise of the book.

(3) The "What If" - Suspense at its best, particularly when the stakes are the greatest invasion in HIstory.

(4) Excellent complication - Die Nadel is a particularly adept spy. He doesn't even trust his fellow German spies for fear that they have been compromised (which was true in England's case of subverting all the German spies during this period).

The book is an essential read for the thriller and World War II genre.


Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Huge Hole in the Plot
Comment: I was incredulous at the end of the book because all I could think was: When Faber went back to the shepherd's cabin alone to neutralize the shepherd, why didn't he send his radio message to Hitler then??? He was alone with a functioning radio and he could have contacted the U-boat that was there to pick him up and he could have transmitted his critical, war-winning news to the Feurer. Why did he come all the way back to the woman, then go through all the drama that followed trying to get BACK into the shepherd's cabin to send his message?? You can drive a tank through a plot hole that big!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: This was a good one
Comment: I won't go into the plot of the book because it seems every other reviewer does.

I found it entertaining to read. It develops and brings together characters nicely.. he paints a nice picture of what is going on in your "minds eye".

Luckily I had never seen the movie to provide me with any input other than my own little brain :-)

I will be reading more of his work.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: What a thriller!!
Comment: One word came to mind after finishing this book. WOW! I believe this is the best spy thriller I have ever read. He was cunning and so devious, he kept outsmarting all those who were trying to find him. But in the end he was no match for the adversary Ken Follett put him up against.
I have read Mr. Follett before and he has never disappointed me. I look forward to reading more of his works.
If you like a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat and you don't want to put it down, you MUST read this one.


Buy it now at Amazon.com!

 
Home  |  Payment Methods  |  Shipping  |  Safe Shopping
Copyright © 2007 Getfreeebooks Shop. All Rights Reserved.