Jane MenczerCritiques
Auteur de An Unlikely Agent
Critiques
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Written in the first person after the conclusion of the events detailed in the book, and therefore with a certain amount of foreshadowing, I enjoyed reading about Margaret becoming an *unlikely agent*. The feeling of time and place is acute – the author has clearly done her research, especially concerning the small everyday details a woman of that time would notice. Margaret is a strong, likeable and intelligent main character, and her narrative voice is well written, though much too detailed in places, slowing down the pace noticeably as a result. I can reconcile the pace with her being a careful and meticulous person, but there's no getting away from the fact that for me it really dragged in places. While the ending leaves open the prospect of a sequel, it also doesn't quite hang together for me, and there were several questions that remained unanswered; of course, this could be a ploy by the author to whet the appetite for the next book (if there is one), but to me it leaves an unsatisfactory feeling as I write this review. However, I would definitely read any sequel(s) if the author decided to continue Margaret's story and that of the other employees at Bureau 8.