The Panther

It was good, but I kept expecting there to be more to it – until the last fifth or so when there WAS! The first three quarters or so was sort of fun: I like the personality of the main character and his irreverent sense of humor, but all the fun that, it was sort of plodding: 1 foot in front of the other… But when John (the main character) started suspecting that the plot was both too complex and too easy, the reader realized that there was more to it than that! And the true feelings of unjustness were felt, and justified. And the suspense in that last quarter or fifth made the rest worth it and necessary.

Another great read with the highly entertaining sarcastic dialogue that I love about John Corey (and his wife).

Plot is thinner than thin. Hundreds of pages and nothing happens except we get a tour of Yemen and page after page of insufferable narrative. It's as if Mr DeMille had a quota of smart-ass internal dialog per page that he had to fill. If you cut out half of it, the book would shorten by 20% and still be just as boring.

I'm ashamed I wasted as much time on this one as I did. Avoid.

Disappointing