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Title: Formulaic -- decent writing style but that is about it
Review: This is not a bad book -- it just seems pretty formulaic and uninspired to me. I saw the romance angle coming from miles away -- Follett uses variants on the same formulas for almost all of his WW2 thrillers (Eye of the Needle is the big exception--but this is the identical formula he uses in "The Key to Rebecca" and "Code to Zero" to name just two). Follett's writing style, as usual, moves right along, but this is a quick read, and not a particularly memorable one.
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