
Tightrope
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Narrated by:
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Kate Reading
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By:
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Simon Mawer
This captivating historical thriller brings back Marian Sutro, ex-special operations agent, and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old loyalties.
As Allied forces close in on Berlin in spring 1945, a solitary figure emerges from the wreckage that is Germany. It is Marian Sutro, whose existence was last known to her British controllers in autumn 1943 in Paris. One of a handful of surviving agents of the Special Operations Executive, she has withstood arrest, interrogation, incarceration, and the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp, but at what cost? Returned to an England she barely knows and a postwar world she doesn't understand, Marian searches for something on which to ground the rest of her life. Family and friends surround her, but she is haunted by her experiences and by the guilt of knowing that her contribution to the war effort helped lead to the monstrosities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When the mysterious Major Fawley, the man who hijacked her wartime mission to Paris, emerges from the shadows to draw her into the ambiguities and uncertainties of the Cold War, she sees a way to make amends for the past and at the same time to find the identity that has never been hers.
A novel of divided loyalties and mixed motives, Tightrope is the complex and enigmatic story of a woman whose search for personal identity and fulfillment leads her to shocking choices.
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Hard to follow
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It is a sequel to Simon Mawer’s book Trapeze, but the story is told through the as the account by another character in the story.
Mawer does an impressive job with his descriptions—Maybe even a little too good for me at times. Also, I think the choice of telling Marianne’s story through the limited perspective of another character is interesting as well. At times, when I grew increasingly disgusted by her character, I wished the narrative was being told first hand so that I would have had direct access to her thoughts and might have felt more sympathy towards her. The narrator was besotted by Marianne, so his perspective is suspect. The plot kept my interest, though, and I’ll be mulling it all the over for some time. Her choice to become a secret agent as a young adult had long-reaching consequences. Is her resulting life to be vilified or pitied? Or some combination? And how can this contradictory perspective be applied today?
Well-written and thought-provoking
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Too much sexual content
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It was ok - even though I wasn't exactly thrilled by Tightrope, it was still an ok novel that explorers some pretty deep and dark themes. my problem - I guess - was that I was expecting a novel similar in theme to the first. A little action, a little intrigue, suspense and fun spy knowledge and terminology. instead of all of that, I listened to a story that was wholly character driven with a slow plot lacking true suspense.
Passages in this novel were quite repetitive - on more than one ocassion, I think the author used "copy + paste" because characters would describe an event or person word for word from just a few chapters prior. it doesn't seem like a big deal, but trust me, it happens enough to make you almost want to roll your eyes.
I had a hard time liking (or connecting) or even admiring any character in this one - which is different from the first. Marian went from a somewhat aloof but still passionate patriot that was willing to do whatever it takes (admirable courage/dedication) to a actual unlikable/acidic with somewhat unbelievable lifestyle choices. I never worried for her - I didn't care what was happening to her as she turned into a self serving disenchanted has been. She was bitter about who she was and who she becomes.
Not my favorite and it wasn't the type of novel I was looking for or expecting considering it was a sequel.
Repetitive - A sequel that should stand alone.
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Intrigue
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Marvelous!
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Brilliant character study yet must read 1st book
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Gripping
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Not as compelling as Trapeze
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Wonderful second book
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