As to spies being paranoid, I think inconsistent characters are interesting. A selling point for me would be a totally trusting, unsuspecting spy.

But that’s just me.

I wonder if part of me is just getting slow. I’ve read so many books already this year that maybe I’m not being my usual discerning self. It’s much different reading just to read and reading to review. Having done the former for most of my life thus far, I think I occasionally slip back into it without slowing myself down and remembering that I need to critically put this info into the book.

You said it better than I could.

I will say, though, that like we discussed, I didn’t just love this book. I wanted much more of the international spy thriller than what Pavone gave me. This from the girl working her way through all the Ian Fleming books, which by the way, you should read if you haven’t yet.